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Finnish
Noun
kania
- partitive singular of kani
Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kaňa.
Noun
kania f (augmentative (dialectal) kaniora)
- parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)
- Synonym: czubajka kania
- dish made from the parasol mushroom
- kite (any bird of prey of the genus Milvus)
- (Near Masovian) Synonym of rondo (“brim of a hat”)
Declension
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
kania
- feminine nominative/vocative singular of kani
Further reading
- kania in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kania in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- kania in PWN's encyclopedia
- Władysław Matlakowski (1892) “kania”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 7