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cã.

grey hair

2 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɐ̃/Brazil/ˈkɐ̃/Portugal
  1. grey hair

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese cãa, from Latin cānam, feminine accusative singular of cānus. Compare Spanish cana.

noun/ˈkɐ̃/Brazil/ˈkɐ̃/Portugal
  1. khan (a ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Can, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.

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