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macana

macana noun: a wooden sword-like weapon of various native cultures of Central America and South America.

Noun

macana (plural macanas)

  1. A wooden sword-like weapon of various native cultures of Central America and South America.

Forms of macana

pluralmacanas

Origin of macana

From Taíno *makana.

Questions about macana

What does macana mean?
Macana means a wooden sword-like weapon of various native cultures of Central America and South America.
What part of speech is macana?
Macana is a noun.
What is the plural of macana?
The plural of macana is macanas.

Words near macana in the dictionary

  1. Macaluso
  2. Macalusos
  3. macam
  4. macambira
  5. macambiras
  6. macana
  7. macanas
  8. Macanese
  9. macao
  10. Macaoese
  11. macaos

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