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cania.

kind of wild nettle;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkaɲɲa/
  1. female dog

    Proto-Italo-Western-Romance · feminine · reconstruction
Where this word comes from

Built from canis (“dog”) by analogy with other pairs such as cervia f < cervus m "deer" or caprea f < caper m (“goat”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.