Canopy

A canopy can mean:

• Canopy (building), an overhead roof or structure that provides shade or other shelter.
• Baldachin, a cloth or permanent architectural feature that hangs over an altar or throne as a symbol of authority.
• Canopy Financial, a healthcare financial technologies company.
• Canopy (forest), the habitat found at the uppermost level of a mature forest.
• Canopy (wireless), wireless broadband solutions from Motorola.
• Canopy (aircraft), the transparent enclosure over the cockpit of an aircraft.
• Canopy (Parachute), Reference to the parachute itself rather than the parachute system.
• The lightweight cloth portion of a parachute.
• Canopy Group, a U.S. investment firm.
• Canopy (automobile), a three-wheeled automobile from Honda.
• Canopy (band), a Swedish death metal band.
• Vapor canopy is a creationist idea which states that the earth was surrounded by a "canopy" of water.
• The Chuppah, the canopy used in Jewish wedding ceremonies.

The word came from Ancient Greek κωνώπειον = "cover to keep insects off", from κώνωψ = "cone-face", which is a bahuvrihi compound meaning "mosquito". The first 'o' changing into 'a' may be due to influence from the place name Canopus, Egypt thought of as a place of luxuries.