Noun: canya
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | canya |
| Plural f | canyes |
Sample Sentences
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També fem coca dolça i pastes, com ara madalenes, croissants, canyes de xocolata i crema. (We also make cakes and pastries, such as madeleines, croissants, chocolate croissants, and napoleons.)
Nouns inflected like canya
taquicàrdia,
indumentària,
histerectomia,
secada,
seguda,
segura,
segada,
segona,
sedera,
sembra,
savina,
safata,
sageta,
sagita,
sagnia,
sabata,
sabana,
sacada,
sambra,
sanefa, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”). Compare Spanish caña. See: Latin Nouns '
canna', Latin Nouns '
canna', Ancient Greek Nouns '
κάννα', Spanish Nouns '
caña'.
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