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cana

[ˈkʰanə]

noun

LanguageScottish Gaelic

Meaning
  1. killer whale, orca, grampus
  2. porpoise
  3. sturgeon
  4. Order of poets, inferior to an ollamh.
Examples

Chunnaic mi cana sa mhuir.

I saw a killer whale in the sea.

Pronunciationˈkʰanə

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis word has multiple, very different meanings including sea creatures and historical poetic ranks.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.