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canso

Syllables: Can·so/ˈkæn.soʊ/

canso noun: a love song sung by a troubadour.

Noun

canso (plural cansos)

  1. A love song sung by a troubadour

Proper noun capitalized: Canso

Canso

  1. A community in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  2. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Cape Canso: a cape in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  3. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia.
  4. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Canso Rocks: an islets of Antarctica, near the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula; named after the PBY Canso WWII-era amphibious flying boat, itself named after the town of Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada
  5. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Canso Crater (“a crater on Mars, named after the town of Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada”).

Forms of canso

pluralcansos
alternative formcanzo

Origin of canso

From French Canseau, from Mi'kmaq gamso'q (literally “the place beyond the cliffs”), a seasonal Mikmaq fishing camp at what is now Canso, NS, Canada.

Phrases with canso

Questions about canso

What does canso mean?
Canso means a love song sung by a troubadour.
What part of speech is canso?
Canso can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce canso?
Canso is pronounced /ˈkæn.soʊ/.
What is the plural of canso?
The plural of canso is cansos.

Words near canso in the dictionary

  1. Cansino
  2. Cansinos
  3. canslaw
  4. Cansler
  5. Canslers
  6. canso
  7. CANSOFCOM
  8. cansos
  9. canst
  10. canstatin
  11. canstick

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: canso (page history and authors); Canso (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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