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[kuh-noo] Origin

ca·noe

[kuh-noo] noun, verb, -noed, -noe·ing.
noun
1.
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
2.
any of various small, primitive light boats.
verb (used without object)
3.
to paddle a canoe.
4.
to go in a canoe.

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
verb (used with object)
5.
to transport or carry by canoe.
6.
paddle one's own canoe, Informal.
a.
to handle one's own affairs; manage independently.
b.
to mind one's own business.

Origin:
1545–55; < French < Spanish canoa < Arawak; replacing canoa < Spanish

ca·noe·ist, noun

barge, boat, canoe, cruise ship, sailboat, ship, yacht.
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canoe
1550s, from Sp. canoa, term used by Columbus, from Arawakan (Haiti) canaoua. Extended to rough-made or dugout boats generally.
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