canana

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈna.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈna.na]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish canana.

Noun

canana f (plural cananes)

1. bandolier

Etymology 2

Perhaps a variant of dialectal canada, from cana, archaic form of canya (“reed, cane”).

Noun

canana f (plural cananes)

1. European flying squid (Todarodes sagittatus)

   Synonyms: passamar, aluda

2. shortfin squid (squid in the genus Illex)

Further reading

• “canana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “canana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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)

1. bandolier

Further reading

• “canana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16