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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.

gran .

The tourists admired the great canyon from above.

The old cannon still stands in the castle square.

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This word is part of lesson 40.