kangas

Etymology 1
From, borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) cloth, fabric or textile woven fabric
 * 2) material cloth to be made into a garment

Etymology 2
From, borrowed from (compare 🇨🇬), boreal forests being easily passable.

Noun

 * 1) A soil type: firm, moraine ground covered with a relatively thin layer of organic topsoil called podsol
 * 2) A forest type growing on such soil, predominantly coniferous; boreal forest
 * 1) A forest type growing on such soil, predominantly coniferous; boreal forest

Usage notes
Common element in place names and surnames, certainly more so than etymology 1.

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) fabric, cloth
 * 2) a type of soil, consisting of moraine ground covered by podzol
 * 3) a type of forest growing on such soil
 * 1) a type of forest growing on such soil

Noun

 * 1) fabric