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canso

/ˈkæn.soʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
Can-so
IPA
/ˈkæn.soʊ/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A love song sung by a troubadour

name

A community in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada.

name

Ellipsis of Cape Canso: a cape in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada.

name

Ellipsis of Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia.

name

Ellipsis of Canso Rocks: an islets of Antarctica, near the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula; named after the PBY Canso WWII-era amphibious flying boat, itself named after the town of Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada

name

Ellipsis of Canso Crater (“a crater on Mars, named after the town of Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada”).

Etymology

From French Canseau, from Mi'kmaq gamso'q (literally “the place beyond the cliffs”), a seasonal Mikmaq fishing camp at what is now Canso, NS, Canada.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Canseau, gamso'q

Inflected Forms

cansos (plural) canzo (alternative)

Rhymes With

manso danso

Questions

How do you pronounce canso?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkæn.soʊ/.
What does canso mean?
A love song sung by a troubadour
Where does canso come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce canso

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