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macana.

a type of long club, sometimes studded with sharp pieces of rock, used by the natives of America

6 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/maˈkana/[maˈka.na]
  1. a type of long club, sometimes studded with sharp pieces of rock, used by the natives of America

    Latin-America · feminine
  2. a type of long club, sometimes studded with sharp pieces of rock, used by the natives of America baton, nightstick

    Bolivia · El-Salvador · Honduras · Latin-America · Nicaragua · Puerto-Rico · feminine
  3. a type of long club, sometimes studded with sharp pieces of rock, used by the natives of America cock, dick

    Bolivia · Caribbean · Chile · Guatemala · Latin-America · Mexico · feminine · vulgar
  4. the wood of the peach palm

    feminine · uncountable
  5. an unpleasant situation

    Bolivia · colloquial · feminine · rare
  6. lie

    Bolivia · Paraguay · Rioplatense · colloquial · feminine · rare
  7. lie no matter, noise (a thing of little importance)

    Bolivia · Chile · Paraguay · Rioplatense · Uruguay · colloquial · feminine · rare
  8. lie nonsense

    Bolivia · Paraguay · Rioplatense · Uruguay · colloquial · feminine · rare
  9. hoe

    Central-America · feminine
  10. a baluster of a balcony’s balustrade

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Taíno *makana.

noun/maˈkana/[maˈka.na]
  1. a type of thin cotton shawl worn by mestizo women in Bolivia and Ecuador

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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