cañada

See also: canada, Canada, Canadá, Canadà, and Ca-na-đa

English

Alternative forms

• canada

Etymology

From Spanish cañada, from Latin canna (“cane”) + -ada (“-ed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈjɑdə/, /kənˈjædə/

Noun

cañada (plural cañadas)

1. (US, dialect) Synonym of ravine: a gully, a narrow (often small) canyon.
   • 1885, W.H.Hudson, The Purple Land:

     In the cañada we stopped to water our horses, and there heard that the enemy were advancing along it at a rapid pace, evidently hoping to cut off our supposed retreat towards the Cuchilla.

Spanish

Etymology

From caña +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɲada/ [kaˈɲa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ca‧ña‧da

Noun

cañada f (plural cañadas)

1. glen, gully, ravine
2. green lane, droveway (road or track used for transhumance)

   Synonym: (Aragon) cabañera

Derived terms

• cañada real
• cañadón

 

Related terms

• caña

 

Further reading

• “cañada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10