Canada
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French, from the Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”). See "Name of Canada" on Wikipedia.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Canada (plural Canadas)
- A country in North America.
- (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).
- (historical) (1608-1763) The most active province of New France. Nowadays corresponds to the territory of much of Quebec, Ontario, and several US states.
- A surname.
SynonymsEdit
- America's Hat (humorous)
- Canuckistan (humorous or derogatory)
- Dominion of Canada (historical)
- Great White North (informal)
- neighbor to the north (US, informal)
- People's Republic of Canada (humorous or derogatory)
- Soviet Canuckistan (humorous or derogatory)
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
- Atlantic Canada
- blame Canada
- Canada balsam
- Canada buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis)
- Canada Day
- Canada Dry
- Canada dogwood = bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
- Canada East = Lower Canada
- Canada Games
- Canada goldenrod
- Canada goose, (Branta canadensis)
- Canada Indian
- Canada jay = grey jay
- Canada lily (Lilium canadense)
- Canada lynx (Felis canadensis)
- Canada mayflower = wild lily of the valley (Maianthemum canadense)
- Canada Pension Plan
- Canada plum (Prunus nigra and its fruit)
- Canada poplar = Carolina poplar (Populus × canadensis)
- Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
- Canada Post
- Canada Post Corporation
- Canada rice (Zizania palustris or Zizania aquatica)
- Canadarm
- Canada robin = cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Canada Savings Bond
- Canada thistle (Circium arvense)
- Canada violet (Viola canadensis)
- Canada West = Upper Canada
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
country in North America
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NounEdit
Canada (plural Canadas)
- (U.S., informal) A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.
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- Belgium is France's Canada.
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See alsoEdit
- (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
- (provinces of Canada) province of Canada; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan
- (territories of Canada) territory of Canada; Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon
ReferencesEdit
- “Canada” in the Katherine Barker, editor, Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd edition, Don Mills, Ont.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, →ISBN.
- Jacques Cartier (1545), Relation originale de Jacques Cartier, Paris: Tross [1863], p 48.
DutchEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Canada m
Derived termsEdit
- canadianisation
- canadianiser
- canadianisme
- Canadien
- canadien
- décanadianisation
- décanadianiser
- recanadianisation
- recanadianiser
ItalianEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Canada f (genitive Canadae); first declension
InflectionEdit
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Canada |
| genitive | Canadae |
| dative | Canadae |
| accusative | Canadam |
| ablative | Canadā |
| vocative | Canada |
Derived termsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Canada f
DeclensionEdit
| gender f | uncountable |
|---|---|
| Nom/Acc | Canada |
| Gen/Dat | Canadei |