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• canelo
  canelo

  noun

  a less common variant of canella.
• Canelo
  Canelo

  noun

  a member of an Indigenous people originally living in central Ecuador.

canelo

¹ American  

[kuh-nel-oh, kuh-nay-loh] / kəˈnɛl oʊ, kəˈneɪ loʊ /

noun

• canelos
  plural

1. a less common variant of canella.

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Canelo ² American  

[kuh-nel-oh, kuh-nay-loh] / kəˈnɛl oʊ, kəˈneɪ loʊ /

noun

• Canelo,
  plural
• Canelos
  plural

1. a member of an Indigenous people originally living in central Ecuador.

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adjective

1. relating or belonging to an Indigenous people originally living in central Ecuador.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Canelo
  plural
• Canelos
  plural
• canelos
  plural

Example Sentences

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Canelo Canelos

The streamer has recently increased its sports offerings, with a super middleweight clash between Terence Crawford and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in Las Vegas last September viewed by 41 million people.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

Canelo Alvarez celebrates 20 years in the sport with his 21st fight in Las Vegas while Terence Crawford risks his perfect record in pursuit of greatness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025

The powerful boxing promoter and organizer of the Canelo vs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025

A partisan crowd held up Mexican flags and chanted "Canelo" from the moment Alvarez walked on stage and he soaked up the adulation.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

I shall answer our friend Canelo, if you permit me.

From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Mayne Reid

They had been driven by the contagion prevalent at Canelos, to withdraw with their wives to a hut they had at a distance, and were then going to Andoas.

From Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. by Patrick Maxwell

After having overcome this obstacle, he arrived in safety at Quito, where he proceeded to make preparations for his expedition to Los Canelos.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

The party went first across the mountains to Canelos, an Indian village, where they thought to embark on a little stream which discharges itself into the Amazon.

From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Thomas Bulfinch

The canoe being finished, they all departed from Canelos.

From Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. by Patrick Maxwell

They had reacted a district which lies between two great branches of the Napo river, and which bears the name of Canelos, or the “cinnamon country.”

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Johann Baptist Zwecker