Canada

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.

• (Canada, UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈkænədə/

  • Audio (Canada):

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  • Audio (General American):

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• (General American, Canada, /æ/ raising) IPA^(key): [kʰɛəɾ̃əɾə] ~ [kʰeənədə]
• Hyphenation: Can‧a‧da
• Homophone: Kannada (one pronunciation)

Canada (countable and uncountable, plural Canadas)

2. A country in North America.
   • 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 River and Ottawa River plains and Great Lakes plains, and Laurentian Mountains)
5. A surname.

• America's Hat (humorous)
• Canadia (mildly 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)

• Canuck
• Kanata

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.

• (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America
• (provinces of Canada) province of Canada; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan ^{(Category: en:Provinces of Canada)}
• (territories of Canada) territory of Canada; Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon ^{(Category: en:Territories of Canada)}

• “Canada” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Jacques Cartier (1545), Relation originale de Jacques Cartier, Paris: Tross [1863], p 48.

Canada

1. Canada (a country in North America)

• Kanada (dated, superseded)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.naːˌdaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ca‧na‧da

Canada n

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

• Canadees
• Canadameer

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

Canada ?

1. Canada (a country in North America)

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

• IPA^(key): /ka.na.da/

  • Audio (Paris):

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ka.na.da/ ~ /ka.na.dɑ/

  • Audio; [ka.naˈdɑ]:

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  • Audio; [ka.naˈdɔ]:

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Canada m

2. Canada (a country in North America)

• (countries of North America) pays de l'Amérique du Nord; Antigua-et-Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbade, Canada, Cuba, Dominique, États-Unis, Grenade, Haïti, Jamaïque, Mexique, République dominicaine, Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès, Saint-Vincent-et-Grenadines, Sainte-Lucie, Trinité-et-Tobago ^{(Category: fr:Countries in North America)}

• Canadà (dated)

Borrowed from French Canada.

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

Canada m

2. Canada (a country in North America)

• canadese

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.da/, [ˈkänäd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.da/, [ˈkäːnäd̪ä]

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

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

First-declension noun, singular only.

• canadēnsis

Canada

2. Canada (a country in North America)

• kanadagås

• canadier, kanadier
• canadisk, kanadisk

Canada

2. Canada (a country in North America)

• kanadagås

• canadiar, kanadiar
• canadisk, kanadisk

• IPA^(key): [kanada]

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Canada f

2. Canada (a country in North America)

gender f	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Canada
Gen/Dat	Canadei

• canadian

Canada ?

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Canada m

2. Canada (a country in North America)

   Tha Loch Lùthaise ann an Canada.

   Lake Louise is in Canada.

Canada n (genitive Canadas)

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

Canada m

2. Canada (a country in North America)

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkanada/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈka(ː)nada/
• Rhymes: -anada

Canada f

1. Canada (a country in North America)

• (countries of North America) gwledydd Gogledd America; Antigwa a Barbiwda, y Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Ciwba, Dominica, Grenada, Gweriniaeth Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica, Mecsico, Sant Kitts-Nevis, Sant Lwsia, Sant Vincent a'r Grenadines, Trinidad a Thobago, Unol Daleithiau America

• Canadiad
• Canadaidd