kanal

Sentences
Meaning

  1. canal (waterway used for transportation of vessels)
  2. channel; narrow body of water between two land masses, such as the English Channel
  3. channel; a radio frequency or band of frequencies

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɑ.nɑɫ/
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish قنال (kanal), borrowed from French canal, derived from Latin canālis, from canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”)

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