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No. 6,076 in Swedish

kanan

"Kanan" in Swedish means "the chicken."

In a sentence

  • Barnen lekte i vattenkanan hela dagen.

    The children played in the water slide all day.

    The word 'kanan' (definitive form of 'kana') refers to the water slide, the context is leisure play equipment.

  • Kan du se fågeln som sitter nära skogskanan?

    Can you see the bird sitting near the edge of the forest?

    Here 'kanan' (derivative of 'kan, kana') could give sense to the edge or termination point, situational in landscape descriptors.

  • Vägen till kanan var svår att hitta.

    The way to the canal was difficult to find.

    In this usage, 'kanan' (contextual for 'kanna') interprets specifics to the canal path directly in route ways.

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