Cannon and Cannon in a Church

Canal simply comes from a latin for a pipe or a groove or a channel. And ultimately that goes back to cana, c a e n a, meaning cane. If you imagine a sugar cane, that is like a sort of long, narrow tube. You've got cannon, which actually came to us bie the italian, but again, for a large tube. All of these are linked to a canal. Orses drew canal boats along the canals. Where does the welinal come from? Canal simply comes from an English word 'welinal' That's what we use in our language today.

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