canana
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
canana f (plural cananes)
Etymology 2
Perhaps a variant of dialectal canada, from cana, archaic form of canya (“reed, cane”).
Noun
canana f (plural cananes)
- European flying squid (Todarodes sagittatus)
- shortfin squid (squid in the genus Illex)
Further reading
- “canana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “canana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “canana” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “canana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈnana/ [kaˈna.na]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: ca‧na‧na
Noun
canana f (plural cananas)
Further reading
- “canana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024