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In the Republic of Panama, a cayuco is a vessel carved from the trunk of a tree, used mainly, but not exclusively by the indigenous people of the country.In 1954, these vessels were adopted by the Boy Scouts of America Explorers in the former Panama Canal Zone to make the first Ocean to Ocean Cayuco Race, [1] which goes through the Panama Canal from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
In 1931, Adolf Anderle was the first person to kayak down the Salzachöfen Gorge, which is believed to be the birthplace of modern-day white-water kayaking. [5] In 1932, long-distance kayaker Fridel Meyer paddled from Bavaria to Westminster , England, and in 1933 she paddled from Westminster to Montrose , Scotland. [ 6 ]
A number of words from Quechua have entered English, mostly via Spanish, adopting Hispanicized spellings. Ayahuasca (definition) from aya "corpse" and waska "rope", via Spanish ayahuasca Cachua (definition) from qhachwa Chinchilla (definition) possibly from Quechua. May be from Spanish chinche Chuño (definition) from ch'uñu Coca (definition)
However, the modern Spanish based pronunciation is represented with a "j." [ 10 ] Jalisco is pronounced [xaˈlisko] or [haˈlisko] , the latter pronunciation used mostly in dialects of southern Mexico, the Caribbean, much of Central America, some places in South America, and the Canary Islands and western Andalusia in Spain where [x] has become ...
Canoes were developed in cultures all over the world, including some designed for use with sails or outriggers.Until the mid-19th century, the canoe was an important means of transport for exploration and trade, and in some places is still used as such, sometimes with the addition of an outboard motor.
A pronunciation respelling for English is a notation used to convey the pronunciation of words in the English language, which do not have a phonemic orthography (i.e. the spelling does not reliably indicate pronunciation). There are two basic types of pronunciation respelling:
Kayak paddlers in Pakistan snow training at Hanna Lake. A kayak is a small, narrow human-powered watercraft typically propelled by means of a long, double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Inuktitut word qajaq (IPA:). In British English, the kayak is also considered to be a kind of canoe.
Most present-day canoeing is done as or as a part of a sport or recreational activity. In some parts of Europe, canoeing refers to both canoeing and kayaking, [8] [9] with a canoe being called an open canoe [10] or Canadian. [11] Recreational forms of canoeing include canoe camping. Other forms include a wide range of canoeing on lakes, rivers ...