duana

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِيوَان (dīwān). Cognate to Spanish aduana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [duˈa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [duˈa.na]

Noun

duana f (plural duanes)

1. customs
2. custom house

Derived terms

• duaner

Further reading

• “duana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “duana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “duana” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “duana”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)