canal

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel, canal, narrow passage”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of channel. See also cane and -al.

Used in a sentence

• “The fossilised jaw of T. trusleri has a huge canal running through it and that’s believed to have carried all the nerve and related tissue needed for the sense of electroception.”

• “In the mangrove-type salt marsh, the entire marsh must be canaled or impounded.”

• “Near Rotterdam we canalled by Delfthaven.”

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