Canalisation

/ˌkænəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ noun

The process of creating canals or converting something into a canal system, or the system of canals itself.

From canal (from Latin 'canalis' meaning pipe or channel) plus -isation, a British suffix meaning the process of making or becoming something. Evolved from the practical need to describe the industrial conversion of waterways.

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