| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| cooncan |
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| SYLLABICATION: | coon·can |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n k n |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or con·qui·an ( k ngk - n) |
| NOUN: | A card game for 2 players using 40 cards that is an early version of rummy. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Alteration of American Spanish conquián, probably from Spanish con quién, with whom? : con, with (from Latin cum; see kom in Appendix I) + quien, whom (from Latin quem, accusative of quis, who; see kwo- in Appendix I).
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