cañada

See also: canada, Canada, Canadá, Canadà, and Ca-na-đa

English

Alternative forms

• canada

Etymology

From Spanish cañada, from Latin canna (“cane”) + -ada (“-ed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈjɑdə/, /kənˈjædə/

Noun

cañada (plural cañadas)

1. (US, dialect) Synonym of ravine: a gully, a narrow (often small) canyon.
   • 1885, W.H.Hudson, The Purple Land:

     In the cañada we stopped to water our horses, and there heard that the enemy were advancing along it at a rapid pace, evidently hoping to cut off our supposed retreat towards the Cuchilla.

Asturian

Alternative forms

• canada (Westermost Asturias)
• cañá (central, nonstandard)
• caná (South-Central Asturias, nonstandard)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɲada/ [kaˈɲa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ca‧ña‧da

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Leonese cañada. Cognate with Galician canada.

Noun

cañada f (plural cañaes)

1. liquid container, used for milking, milking pot (specially a 4-and-a-half-liters one)
2. (Western Asturias, by extension) udder

   Synonyms: caldar, copada

3. piss leak

   Synonym: mexada

Etymology 2

caña (“marrow”) +‎ -ada.

Noun

cañada f (uncountable)

1. marrow, bone marrow (the substance inside bones, as well as a food made from it)

   Synonyms: llumera, caña

Further reading

• “cañada”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “cañada”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Old Leonese

Etymology

Found in a document in Spanish with heavy Leonese influence dating to the 15th century.

Noun

cañada f

1. liquid container or measure
   • 1480, Tractatus de proprietatibus rerum (Leonese-influenced Spanish):

     Es pequeña la cañada o lagena y es vasija que tiene vino [...] Múdase la virtud del vino o el sabor, onde si la cañada es corrupta, el vino se faze corrupto. Y fázense las buenas cañadas del tamarisco, del cual el vino toma sabor y virtud

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Descendants

• Asturian: cañada
• Leonese: cañada

Spanish

Etymology

From caña +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɲada/ [kaˈɲa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ca‧ña‧da

Noun

cañada f (plural cañadas)

1. glen, gully, ravine
2. green lane, droveway (road or track used for transhumance)

   Synonym: (Aragon) cabañera

Derived terms

• cañada real
• cañadón

Related terms

• caña

Further reading

• “cañada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025