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kanon

Pronunciation: /ˈkanon/

“kanon” is an Indonesian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. tax for inherited land lease
  2. a piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round
  3. religious law
  4. the works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic
  5. cannon: a weapon

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Doublet of kanun and qanun. * For sense of land lease tax, via Arabic قَانُون (qānūn, “tax, law”). * For sense in music and Christianity, via Dutch canon, from Old French canon, from Latin canōn.

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