canoe

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A long, narrow, open boat that is pointed at both ends and moved with paddles.

   We paddled the canoe across the calm lake.

2. 2
   verb

   To travel in a canoe.

   They spent the afternoon canoeing down the river.

Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare Lokono kanoa (“canoe”), Wayuu anuwa, anua (“boat, canoe”)), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

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