canal
see also: Canal
Etymology
Canal
Proper noun
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see also: Canal
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis, from canālis ("canal"), from canna ("reed, cane"), from Ancient Greek κάννα, from Akkadian 𒄀, from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾.
Pronunciation Nouncanal (plural canals)
- An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
- (anatomy) A tubular channel within the body.
- (astronomy) One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals
canal (canals, present participle canaling; simple past and past participle canaled)
- To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
- To travel along a canal by boat
Canal
Proper noun
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