Rocinante

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Rocinante is the name of Don Quixote's horse, in the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra.

Rocín means "nag" (a low-grade horse), but also illiterate or rough man. There are similar words in French (roussin), Portuguese (rossim) and Italian (ronzino), but the real etymology is uncertain. The Spanish word ante means "before" or "previously", and as the narration of the novel states at the beginning of the book, when Don Quixote thinks of a name to give to his steed in order to set out on his adventures, he chooses Rocinante to establish it as no longer being a nag.

Rocinante is also the name John Steinbeck gives to the modified camper truck in which he travelled the country in his book Travels With Charley, and the ship in the two part mini-saga Cygnus X-1 by Canadian progressive rock band Rush.

Also is the name of a defunct publication from Chile.es:Rocinante fr:Rossinante

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