Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis ("channel; canal"), from canālis, from canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα ("reed"), from Akkadian 𒄀 ("reed"), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾. channel.
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