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- ↑ "Definition of caranna". MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Caranna". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
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