Canute

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A male given name from Germanic languages used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.
  • Canute the Great, king of England, Denmark and Norway.
  • town Oklahoma (state).

Origin

  • From Old Norse Knútr, possibly originally a byname meaning "knot".

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