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ca⋅nas⋅ta

[kuh-nas-tuh]
–noun Cards.
a variety of rummy in which the main object is to meld sets of seven or more cards.

Origin:
1945–50; < Sp: lit., basket, appar. var. of canastro < Gk kánastron wicker basket (see canister )
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ca·nas·ta   (kə-nās'tə)   
n.  A card game for two to six players, related to rummy and requiring two or three decks of cards.

[Spanish, from canasto, basket, from Latin canistrum; see canister.]
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canasta 
1948, Uruguayan card game played with two decks and four jokers, popular c.1945-1965; from Sp., lit. "basket" (see cannister); perhaps in reference to the "packs" of cards used.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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