cucanya

Borrowed from Italian cuccagna, of uncertain origin.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kuˈka.ɲə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kuˈka.ɲa]

cucanya f (plural cucanyes)

1. greasy pole

   Synonym: pal enseuat

• país de Cucanya

• “cucanya”, 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