A canal flowed between two rows of houses.
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Canal
//kəˈnæl//
Synonyms for "canal" (112 found)
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10 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesat location
6 entriesderived
71 entriesShowing 16 of 71 words.
has a
1 entrieshas context
2 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
6 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
142 entriesShowing 16 of 142 words.
used for
19 entriesbarges to travel oncanal boatsconnect two bodies of waterconnecting two bodies of waterdelivering irrigation water to cropsdiverting excess water to safe areasdivisiongetting around venicegiving passageholidaysirrigationmoving watermoving water between two placesparking boatriding in gondolastransportation via boat
Showing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
155 translations across 96 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kanaal noun (a tubular channel within the body)
Albanian
1 entries- kanal noun (artificial waterway)
Amharic
1 entries- ቦይ noun (artificial waterway)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- διῶρυξ noun (artificial waterway)
- ὀχετός noun (artificial waterway)
Arabic
1 entries- قَنَاة noun (artificial waterway)
Armenian
1 entries- ջրանցք noun (artificial waterway)
Assamese
2 entries- খাল noun (artificial waterway)
- নলা noun (artificial waterway)
Asturian
1 entries- canal noun (artificial waterway)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- arx noun (artificial waterway)
- kanal noun (artificial waterway)
- آرخ noun (artificial waterway)
Basque
1 entries- ubide noun (artificial waterway)
Belarusian
1 entries- кана́л noun (artificial waterway)
Bengali
1 entries- খাল noun (artificial waterway)
Breton
1 entries- kanol noun (artificial waterway)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кана́л noun (artificial waterway)
- канал noun (a tubular channel within the body)
Burmese
2 entries- တူးမြောင်း noun (artificial waterway)
- မြောင်း noun (artificial waterway)
Catalan
1 entries- canal noun (artificial waterway)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- جۆگە noun (artificial waterway)
- کەناڵ noun (artificial waterway)
Chagatai
2 entries- آريغ noun (artificial waterway)
- اريق noun (artificial waterway)
Chinese
1 entries- 運河 /运河 noun (artificial waterway)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 運河 /运河 noun (artificial waterway)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 運河 /运河 noun (artificial waterway)
Cornish
1 entries- kanel noun (artificial waterway)
Czech
3 entries- kanál noun (artificial waterway)
- kanálek noun (a tubular channel within the body)
- průplav noun (artificial waterway)
Danish
1 entries- kanal noun (artificial waterway)
Dutch
4 entries- gracht noun (artificial waterway)
- kanaal noun (artificial waterway)
- kanaal noun (a tubular channel within the body)
- vaart noun (artificial waterway)
Dutch Low Saxon
3 entries- daip noun (artificial waterway)
- knoal (Gronings and Sallands) noun (artificial waterway)
- wetering (Sallands) noun (artificial waterway)
Esperanto
1 entries- kanalo noun (artificial waterway)
Estonian
1 entries- kanal noun (artificial waterway)
Finnish
1 entries- kanava noun (artificial waterway)
French
2 entries- canal noun (artificial waterway)
- canal noun (a tubular channel within the body)
Galician
2 entries- canal noun (artificial waterway)
- canle noun (artificial waterway)
Georgian
1 entries- არხი noun (artificial waterway)
German
3 entries- Gang noun (a tubular channel within the body)
- Kanal noun (artificial waterway)
- Kanal noun (a tubular channel within the body)
Greek
1 entries- κανάλι noun (artificial waterway)
Hawaiian
2 entries- alawai noun (artificial waterway)
- ʻauwai noun (artificial waterway)
Hebrew
2 entries- יְאוֹר noun (artificial waterway)
- תְּעָלָה noun (artificial waterway)
Hindi
2 entries- नहर noun (artificial waterway)
- नाला noun (artificial waterway)
Hungarian
1 entries- csatorna noun (artificial waterway)
Icelandic
2 entries- skurður noun (artificial waterway)
- síki noun (artificial waterway)
Indonesian
2 entries- kanal noun (artificial waterway)
- terusan noun (artificial waterway)
Ingrian
1 entries- kanava noun (artificial waterway)
Irish
3 entries- canáil noun (artificial waterway)
- canáil noun (a tubular channel within the body)
- conair noun (a tubular channel within the body)
Italian
1 entries- canale noun (artificial waterway)
Japanese
3 entries- 水路 noun (artificial waterway)
- 管 noun (a tubular channel within the body)
- 運河 noun (artificial waterway)
Kazakh
1 entries- канал noun (artificial waterway)
Khmer
2 entries- ប្រឡាយ noun (artificial waterway)
- ព្រែកជីក noun (artificial waterway)
Korean
1 entries- 운하 noun (artificial waterway)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- канал noun (artificial waterway)
Lao
3 entries- ຄອງ noun (artificial waterway)
- ຕະຄອງ noun (artificial waterway)
- ລຳຄອງ noun (artificial waterway)
Latin
1 entries- fossa noun (artificial waterway)
Latvian
1 entries- kanāls noun (artificial waterway)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kanalas noun (artificial waterway)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- kanal noun (artificial waterway)
Macedonian
1 entries- канал noun (artificial waterway)
Malay
1 entries- terusan noun (artificial waterway)
Maltese
1 entries- kanal noun (artificial waterway)
Mongolian
1 entries- суваг noun (artificial waterway)
Māori
1 entries- wai tawaka noun (artificial waterway)
Norman
2 entries- canal noun (artificial waterway)
- canal noun (a tubular channel within the body)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- cihok noun (artificial waterway)
- co noun (artificial waterway)
- cobar noun (artificial waterway)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kanal noun (artificial waterway)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kanal noun (artificial waterway)
Oromo
1 entries- bo'oo noun (artificial waterway)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- آرق noun (artificial waterway)
- ارغ noun (artificial waterway)
- جدول noun (artificial waterway)
Pennsylvania German
1 entries- Kanaal noun (artificial waterway)
Persian
3 entries- آبراه noun (artificial waterway)
- مادی noun (artificial waterway)
- کانال noun (artificial waterway)
Polish
2 entries- kanał noun (artificial waterway)
- przewód noun (a tubular channel within the body)
Portuguese
1 entries- canal noun (artificial waterway)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਨਹਿਰ noun (artificial waterway)
Rarotongan
2 entries- aravai noun (artificial waterway)
- kauvai noun (artificial waterway)
Romanian
2 entries- canal noun (artificial waterway)
- canal noun (a tubular channel within the body)
Russian
1 entries- кана́л noun (artificial waterway)
Samoan
1 entries- alavai noun (artificial waterway)
Sanskrit
2 entries- कुल्या noun (artificial waterway)
- खल्ल noun (artificial waterway)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- canàl noun (artificial waterway)
- sruth-chlais noun (artificial waterway)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kanal noun (artificial waterway)
- канал noun (artificial waterway)
Slovak
3 entries- kanál noun (artificial waterway)
- kanálok noun (a tubular channel within the body)
- prieplav noun (artificial waterway)
Slovene
2 entries- kanal noun (artificial waterway)
- prekop noun (artificial waterway)
Spanish
4 entries- canal noun (artificial waterway)
- canal noun (a tubular channel within the body)
- cauz noun (artificial waterway)
- caz noun (artificial waterway)
Swahili
1 entries- mfereji noun (artificial waterway)
Swedish
2 entries- kanal noun (artificial waterway)
- kanal noun (a tubular channel within the body)
Tajik
1 entries- канал noun (artificial waterway)
Tamil
2 entries- கால்வாய் noun (artificial waterway)
- வாய்க்கால் noun (artificial waterway)
Telugu
1 entries- కాలువ noun (artificial waterway)
Thai
2 entries- คลอง noun (artificial waterway)
- ลำน้ำ noun (artificial waterway)
Tocharian B
1 entries- newiya noun (artificial waterway)
Turkish
4 entries- ark noun (artificial waterway)
- kanal noun (artificial waterway)
- kanal noun (a tubular channel within the body)
- mecra noun (a tubular channel within the body)
Turkmen
1 entries- kanal noun (artificial waterway)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кана́л noun (artificial waterway)
Urdu
1 entries- نہر noun (artificial waterway)
Uyghur
1 entries- قانال noun (artificial waterway)
Uzbek
1 entries- kanal noun (artificial waterway)
Venetan
2 entries- val noun (artificial waterway)
- vałe noun (artificial waterway)
Vietnamese
2 entries- kênh noun (artificial waterway)
- kênh đào noun (artificial waterway)
Welsh
1 entries- camlas noun (artificial waterway)
Yiddish
2 entries- דורכגאָס noun (artificial waterway)
- קאַנאַל noun (artificial waterway)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic with the Pacific.
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The canal connects the Atlantic with the Pacific.
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This ship is too big to pass through the canal.
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