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caña

Spanish, noun

caña is spelled C-A-Ñ-A (4 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,270th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cane (plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its tilde, cana is a different word: “white or gray hair”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tallo hueco y nudoso característico de algunas gramíneas y otras plantas morfológicamente similares, como los…”.

What does caña mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecane (plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane)

  2. 2

    femininereed (any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water)

  3. 3

    feminineslim, cylindrical type of glass, used to serve beer

  4. 4

    feminineglass of beer

  5. 5

    feminineinformalhangover (illness caused by a previous bout of alcohol drinking)

  6. 6

    feminineshank (part of the leg between the knee and the ankle)

  7. 7

    Spainfemininedrinking straw

noun

as cana
  1. 1

    femininewhite or gray hair

noun

as cana
  1. 1

    colloquialfemininepolice force, police department

  2. 2

    femininevulgarjail, prison

noun

as cana
  1. 1

    colloquialfemininemasculinepolice officer

adjective

as cana
  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of cano

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Tallo hueco y nudoso característico de algunas gramíneas y otras plantas morfológicamente similares, como los juncos, bambúes y tacuaras. 2. (Typha latifolia) Planta gramínea originaria de Europa. 3. Vaso alto y angosto de cerveza u otra bebida alcohólica 4. Bebida alcohólica destilada de la caña de azúcar

noun: 1. Cabello que por la edad ha perdido la pigmentación, tornándose blanco.

noun: 1. Agente de la policía, o por extensión de otra fuerza de seguridad.

noun: 1. Cuerpo de policía en su conjunto. 2. Edificio o celda destinado a la detención.

noun: 1. Antigua medida española de longitud variable según los lugares.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of caña

  • canas plural
  • cañas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to caña

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is caña in Spanish?

caña appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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