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noun small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
verb travel by canoe
originAdopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare Lokono kanoa (“canoe”), Wayuu anuwa, anua (“boat, canoe”)), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0