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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

His future had been debated since he beat Canelo to become the undisputed super-middleweight champion, adding to titles at lightweight, light-welterweight, welterweight and light-middleweight.

From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025

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

"It's a fantastic fight but I just can't see Canelo beating him," Briton Amir Khan - the only fighter to face both - told BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

Make out a procès verbal—that the Señor Don Juan Dios Canelo, here present, will become prosecutor in this case.

From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

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 Kerr, Robert

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 Maxwell, Patrick

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 Zwecker, Johann Baptist

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 Maxwell, Patrick

About this time a message was received by Vaca de Castro from Gonzalo Pizarro, who had just returned to Quito from his disastrous expedition to Los Canelos, formerly related.

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 Kerr, Robert