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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: Spanish canoa, from Arawakan

canoe

1 noun
     
Related topics: Water
ca‧noe1 [countable]
TTW a long light boat that is pointed at both ends and which you move along using a paddle

➔ paddle your own canoe

at paddle2 (5)
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