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Definition of CANAL

Canal
Canal Ca*nal", n. A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as, Portland Canal; Lynn Canal. [Alaska]
Canal
Canal Ca*nal", n. [F. canal, from L. canalis canal, channel; prob. from a root signifying ``to cut'; cf. D. kanaal, fr. the French. Cf. Channel, Kennel gutter.] 1. An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc. 2. (Anat.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear. Canal boat, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on the towpath beside the canal. Canal lock. See Lock.

Meaning of CANAL from wikipedia

- Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing...
- Canal+ Afrique Canal+ Calédonie Canal+ Caraïbes Canal+ Reunion [fr] StudioCanal, formerly known as Canal+ D.A. and other names Canal+ (Polish TV provider)...
- The Suez Canal (/ˈsuː.ɛz/; Egyptian Arabic: قناة السويس, Qanāt es-Suwais) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea...
- 79°45′0″W / 9.12000°N 79.75000°W / 9.12000; -79.75000 The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82-kilometer (51-mile) waterway in Panama...
- The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the...
- Canal N a Peruvian pay television news channel news channel. It was founded as a joint venture between El Comercio and Telefónica. The channel is exclusively...
- Look up canal street in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Canal Street may refer to: Canal Street (Manchester), Manchester, England Canal Street, Oxford...
- The Grand Canal (Chinese: 大运河; pinyin: Dà yùnhé) is a system of interconnected canals linking various major rivers and lakes in North and East China,...
- The Corinth Canal (Gr****: Διώρυγα της Κορίνθου, romanized: Dioryga tis Korinthou) is a canal in Greece that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian...
- control of the Suez Canal, which N****er had earlier nationalised by transferring administrative control from the foreign-owned Suez Canal Company to Egypt's...