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chanates

chanates is the plural of chanate.

Meaning of chanate

Noun (1)

chanate (plural chanates)

  1. a kind of bird
    • The farmer will hardly have sowed his wheat and maize fields when whole flocks of hungry chanates descend upon the land, scratch out the seeds, and eat them.1989 [1974–1795], Ignaz Pfefferkorn, translated by Theodore E. Treutlein, Sonora: A Description of the Province, translation of original in German, page 122
    1. great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
    2. red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
      • “A chanate has come to pay us a visit,” doña Gertrudis said. [...] “It’s a black bird with red shoulders,”2003, Rigoberto González, Crossing Vines: A Novel, page 67
  2. (derogatory, slang) black person
    • Pelaquillo's older brother was there. We called him Chanate, the name of a little black bird, because he was so dark.2012, Santana Acuña, Saul Diskin, Santana and Saúl: A Dual Memoir, page 8
  3. (slang) coffee
    • I’m sippin’ on some chanate [coffee] right now.2011 November 12, Chris Hoke, quoting Neaners, “Sacrament of Tears: Note from Solitary Confinement -- by Neaners”, in Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice, archived from the original on 21...

Noun (2)

chanate (uncountable)

  1. a kind of tree (Colophospermum mopane)
    • The dominant tree, often to the exclusion of many others, is Colophospermum mopane, commonly known as mopane or chanate.2010, Jonathan Timberlake, Emmanuel Chidumayo, Louis Sawadogo, “Distribution and Characteristics of African Dry Forests and Woodlands”, in Emmanuel N. Chidumayo, Davison J Gumbo, editors, The Dry...
    Synonyms:
    mopane

Questions about chanates

What is chanates the plural of?
Chanates is the plural of chanate.

Words near chanates in the dictionary

  1. Chananeans
  2. Chananæan
  3. Chananæans
  4. chanas
  5. chanate
  6. chanates
  7. Chanbalig
  8. Chanbalik
  9. chanbara
  10. chanca piedra
  11. chance

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