Canero

Canalis, in Latin, specifically designated an artificial water channel —⁠an aqueduct, an irrigation ditch, a mill canal⁠—⁠, as opposed to fluvius (natural river) or rivus (stream). The word passed to Castilian and to Asturian-Leonese as canal with analogous sense. The derivative canero, with the suffix of relation or belonging -ero, would designate the place where there is a channel —⁠a hydraulic mill, a pool, an irrigation derivation. The Asturian hamlet, in the council of Valdés, is crossed by several minor watercourses tributary to the river Esva, which backs the hydric reading. The pre-Roman reading, alternative, connects the first element with a base can- documented in hydronyms like Cangas, the Portuguese Canero or the river Cancia. The toponym appears in 12th-century medieval charters. The hamlet preserves the parish church of San Miguel, and is a frequent intermediate stop between Cadavedo and Luarca.