canilla

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cannella, diminutive of canna (“cane”).

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /kaˈniʎa/

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /kaˈniɟ͡ʝa/, [kaˈniʝa]
(Argentina) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.ʒa/

Noun

canilla f (plural canillas)

(anatomy) shin, tibia
Synonyms: espinilla, tibia
(anatomy, less common) ulna, radius
(Argentina, Northern Central Spain, Paraguay, Uruguay) faucet
Synonym: grifo
(Northern Mexico) leg

Further reading

“canilla” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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