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Canada

See also: canada, Canadá, Canadà, cañada, and Ca-na-đa

English

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Etymology

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From French Canada, from the Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”) (compare Onondaga ganataa), ultimately from Proto-North Iroquoian *-nat-. See also "Name of Canada" on English Wikipedia.

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Canada (countable and uncountable, plural Canadas)

  2. A country in North America. Capital: Ottawa. Largest city: Toronto.
    • 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 219:
      Father narrated the story of how Canada developed over a short period to surpass other countries, including Britain, from which it had emerged.
  3. (historical) Lower Canada 1791–1840 (also Canada East 1840–1867, now province of Quebec) or respectively Upper Canada (Canada West, now province of Ontario), often “the Canadas” (or politically, “United Canada” 1840–1867).
  4. (historical) (1608–1763) The most active province of New France. Nowadays corresponds to the territory of much of Quebec, Ontario, and several US states (aligning with the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa River plains and Great Lakes plains, and Laurentians)
  5. A surname.

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Descendants

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  • French: canadair
  • Greek: καναντέρ (kanantér)
  • Italian: canadair
  • Japanese: カナダ
  • Serbo-Croatian: kanader

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Noun

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Canada (plural Canadas)

  1. (US, informal) A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.
    • 2015, Michael DeMocker, The land of waffles, frites, chocolate, meat and, oh yes, culture‎[1], Louisiana: The Times-Picayune, page 1:
      Belgium is France's Canada.

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countries in North America (appendix)edit
provinces of Canadaedit
territories of Canadaedit

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Central Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Canada

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from French Canada.

The hamlet is attested as Canada in 1954. It was named after the country. Originally the name of a farmhouse.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.naːˌdaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ca‧na‧da

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Canada n

  2. Canada (a country in North America)
  3. A hamlet in Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands

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  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Franco-Provençal

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Proper noun

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Canada ?

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

French

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Etymology

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From the Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

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Canada m

  2. Canada (a country in North America)

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Descendants

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countries in North America: pays de l’Amérique du Nord (appendix)edit

Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Canada.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.na.da/
  • Rhymes: -anada
  • Hyphenation: Cà‧na‧da

Proper noun

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Canada m

  2. Canada (a country in North America)

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Latin

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Etymology

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From French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

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Canada f sg (genitive Canadae); first declension (New Latin)

  2. Canada (a country in North America)
  3. (historical) New France

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Canada
genitive Canadae
dative Canadae
accusative Canadam
ablative Canadā
vocative Canada

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Canada

  2. Canada (a country in North America)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Canada

  2. Canada (a country in North America)

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Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Canada f

  2. Canada (a country in North America)

Declension

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singular
definite
nominative-accusative Canada
genitive-dative Canadei
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Sardinian

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Canada ?

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

Scottish Gaelic

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Canada m

  2. Canada (a country in North America)
    Tha Loch Lùthaise ann an Canada.
    Lake Louise is in Canada.

Swedish

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Proper noun

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Canada n (genitive Canadas)

  1. Dated spelling of Kanada (“Canada”).

Venetan

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Proper noun

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Canada m

  2. Canada (a country in North America)

Welsh

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Proper noun

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Canada f

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

Coordinate terms

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countries in North America: gwledydd Gogledd America (appendix)edit

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of Canada
radical soft nasal aspirate
Canada Ganada Nghanada Chanada

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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