canoa

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnoa/ [kaˈno.a]
• Rhymes: -oa
• Hyphenation: ca‧no‧a

Noun

canoa f (plural canoes)

1. canoe (small long and narrow boat)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈno.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈno.a]
• Rhymes: -oa
• Hyphenation: ca‧no‧a

Noun

canoa f (plural canoes)

1. canoe

Hypernyms

• piragua

Related terms

• canotatge

Further reading

• “canoa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “canoa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “canoa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “canoa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnɔa/ [kɑˈnɔ.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔa
• Hyphenation: ca‧no‧a

Noun

canoa f (plural canoas)

1. canoe

Further reading

• “canoa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnɔ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɔa
• Hyphenation: ca‧nò‧a

Noun

canoa f (plural canoe)

1. (nautical) canoe
2. (sports) canoeing

Derived terms

• canoismo
• canoista

Further reading

• canoa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• coana

Latin

Etymology

Spanish canoa

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈnoː.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈnɔː.a]

Noun

canōa f (genitive canōae); first declension

1. (New Latin) canoe
   • 1635, loannes Eusebius Nierembergius, Historia Naturae, page 262:

     Duo Indi conueniebant in canoam, [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1672, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Geographiae et hydrographiae reformatae..., page 508:

     Canoa, est nauis ex vnica abore excauata...

     A canoe, is a boat hollowed out from a single tree...

   • 1780, Joannes Genesius Sepulveda, Joannis Genesii Sepulvedae cordubensis opera cum edita turn inedita ..., page XXII:

     [...] ingenti vi canoarum a Mexicanis ceterisque palustribus oppidis contra classem venientibus.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	canōa	canōae
genitive	canōae	canōārum
dative	canōae	canōīs
accusative	canōam	canōās
ablative	canōā	canōīs
vocative	canōa	canōae

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈno(w).ɐ/ [kaˈno(ʊ̯).ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈno(w).ɐ/ [kaˈno(ʊ̯).ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈno(w).a/ [kaˈno(ʊ̯).a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈno.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈno.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈno(w).ɐ/

• Rhymes: -oɐ, -owɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧no‧a

Noun

canoa f (plural canoas)

1. canoe (small long and narrow boat)

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Kanoh

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno *kanowa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnoa/ [kaˈno.a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: ca‧no‧a

Noun

canoa f (plural canoas)

1. canoe

Derived terms

• canoero
• canotaje

Descendants

Descendants

• → Asturian: canoa
• → Catalan: canoa
• → Dutch: kano
• → English: canoe
  • → German: Kanu
  • → Irish: canú
• → Middle French: canoe
  • French: canoë, canoé
• → Galician: canoa
• → Huichol: canuva
• → Italian: canoa
• → Portuguese: canoa
  • → Hunsrik: Kanoh
• → Russian: кано́э (kanóe)
• → San Juan Colorado Mixtec: canuva
• → Tagalog: kanoa
• → Ye'kwana: kanowa

Further reading

• “canoa”, 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