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cana

Pronunciation: /ˈkana/

“cana” is a Galician word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. the stem of such plants
  2. giant reed (Arundo donax)
  3. sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum, tropical grass from which sugar is extracted)
  4. fishing rod
  5. a slender twig
  6. tiller
  7. shaft
  8. shaft of a boot
  9. long bone and its bone marrow
  10. white or gray hair

In Galician

  1. Talo oco e nodoso característico dalgunhas gramíneas e outras plantas morfoloxicamente similares.
  2. Arundo donax, planta gramínea, de gran altura e grandes flores terminais.
  3. Dispositivo que asemella a cana das gramíneas.
  4. Parte dunha bota alta que cobre parte da perna.
  5. Lingüeta fina de madeira que vibra producindo un son nun instrumento musical. As canas de instrumentos de vento-madeira son feitas de Arundo donax ou de materiais sintéticos; as canas tépedas (como en harmónicas e acordeóns) fanse do metal.
  6. Medula ósea dos ósos longos dalgúns animais de cortadoría. Por extensión, o propio óso, cortado ó través e contendo a medula.
  7. Pau dos foguetes.
  8. Doce cilíndrico, que semella unha cana dunha planta.
  9. Parte principal da columna, que se atopa entre o capitel e a base.
  10. Pelo branco.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cana, from Latin canna, borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă), borrowed from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm).

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