/kaˈnal/, [kɑˈnɑɫ]
OriginInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese canal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): cana (“cane, reed”) + -al. Cognate with Spanish cañal.
- dated, masculinefish-weir; place or installation for fishing, on a river
“V casares en Cesar os quaes fforon de Mayor Aras moller de Martin Sanchez Xarpa com huum paaço et con huum canal enno Tamare.” — 5 farmhouses in Cesar, which belonged to Maior Aras, wife of Martín Sánchez Xarpa, with a manor and a fishery on the river Tambre
- masculinecanal
- masculinechannel
Formscanais(plural) · canar(alternative)
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