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contraction
Contraction of can + not: cannot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cumbria, Jamaica, Scotland, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
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An island in the Small Isles, Inner Hebrides, Highland council area, Scotland, joined to the island of Sanday by a bridge.
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A town and comune in Cosenza province, Calabria, Italy.
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name
A small town in the Shire of Morawa, Mid West region, Western Australia.
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noun
Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
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Synonyms: canna lily
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noun
A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet.
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Usage: historical
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noun
Clipping of cannabis.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, in-compounds, slang, uncountable
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noun
any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: canna lily, Canna generalis, achira, indian shot, arrowroot, Canna indica, Canna edulis
History
Borrowed from Scots cannae, can + -nae.
From Scottish Gaelic Canaigh; further etymology uncertain. Speculatively equated with Ptolemy's Cana. Richmond and Crawford (1949) derive this from Latin cāna (“white”).
Borrowed from translingual Canna, from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm). Cognates Biblical Hebrew קָנֶה (qané), Aramaic קַנְיָא (qanyā), Classical Syriac ܩܢܝܐ (qanya), and English canon, cannon, canal, and channel. Doublet of cane and kaneh.
Borrowed from Italian canna. Doublet of cane and kaneh.
Clipping of cannabis.
Across languages
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