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Barbacan
Barbacan Bar"ba*can, n. See Barbican.
Barbacan
Barbican Bar"bi*can, Barbacan Bar"ba*can, n. [OE. barbican, barbecan, F. barbacane, LL. barbacana, barbicana, of uncertain origin: cf. Ar. barbakh aqueduct, sewer. F. barbacane also means, an opening to let out water, loophole.] 1. (Fort.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own. 2. An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy.
Barbacanage
Barbacanage Bar"ba*can*age, n. See Barbicanage.
Barbacanage
Barbicanage Bar"bi*can*age, Barbacanage Bar"ba*can*age, n. [LL. barbicanagium. See Barbican.] Money paid for the support of a barbican. [Obs.]

Meaning of Bacan from wikipedia

- The Bacan Islands, formerly also known as the Bachans, Bachians, and Batchians, are a group of islands in the Moluccas in Indonesia. They are mountainous...
- Bacan Malay or Bacan is a Malayic language spoken on the island of Bacan in North Maluku province, Indonesia, by the minor Bacan ethnic group. It is an...
- The Sultanate of Bacan (كسلطانن باچن‎) was a state in Maluku Islands, present-day Indonesia that arose with the expansion of the ****e trade in late medieval...
- The Bacan myzomela (Myzomela batjanensis) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia where it occurs on the Bacan Islands...
- Stegonotus batjanensis, the Bacan Island ground snake or Batjan frog-eating snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. The snake is found...
- endemic to Indonesia. Its distribution is restricted to Obi and possibly Bacan, two small islands in North Maluku. It is a medium-sized bird, measuring...
- the four largest Islamic sultanates in the eastern Indonesian archipelago—Bacan, Jailolo, Tidore and Ternate—known as the Moloku Kië Raha (the Four Mountains...
- The Bacan Beach ("spiaggia del bacan") is a beach that stretches out on the island of Sant'Erasmo, on the Northern Venetian Lagoon. It is a po****r summer...
- survival. Its situation on the small neighbouring islands of Sulawesi (such as Bacan) is somewhat better, since these have a low human po****tion. The total...
- existence come only from three islands of the North Moluccas in Indonesia: Bacan, Halmahera, and Tidore. Very little is known about its distribution and...