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canal.

ditch

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaˈnaw/Brazil[kaˈnaʊ̯]Brazil/kɐˈnal/Portugal[kɐˈnaɫ]Portugal
  1. ditch

    masculine
  2. canal (artificial waterway)

    masculine
  3. channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)

    masculine
  4. television channel

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese canal, from Latin canālis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). This form may possibly be an early borrowing or semi-learned term; compare the fully inherited doublet cale, and related calha.

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