English
Tribeca
Blend of triangle + below + canal (“Canal Street, New York”).
A blend of triangle + below + canal ‘Canal Street, New York’
Latin triangulus ‘three-cornered, having three angles’
Latin triangulum
Old French triangle
Middle English triangle
English triangle
Middle English bilooghe
English below
Akkadian Akkadian form ‘reed’
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Latin canna ‘reed, cane’
Latin canālis ‘channel, canal, narrow passage’
Old French canal
Middle French canal
English canal
Today it means
name A region of lower-west Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States; the Triangle Below Canal Street.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tribeca