el
masculine
/kaˈɲon/
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Translation
cannon; canyon; barrel
Word origin
From caña ('reed, tube') plus the augmentative -ón, so literally a big tube. Caña comes from Latin canna ('reed'), the same root as English 'cane', 'canal' and 'cannon'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- canna
- English cognates
- cane, cannon, canal
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralcañones
Examples
.
The ship's cannon pointed at the coast.
excavado .
The river has carved out a very deep canyon.
.
He cleaned the barrel of the shotgun carefully.
turistas gran .
The tourists admired the great canyon from above.
plaza .
The old cannon still stands in the castle square.
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