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Canada

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

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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.
    • 2024 November 29, Lex Harvey, “Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations”, in CNN‎[1]:
      While the existence of pro-Khalistan factions in Canada has long bothered India and acted as a wedge between the two countries, experts say tensions have sharply escalated under Modi and Trudeau, with little prospect for resolution.
    • 2025 January 27, David Charter, “Fafo diplomacy: How Colombia found out Trump meant business”, in The Times‎[2], archived from the original on 27 January 2025:
      Fafo works with small trading nations such as Colombia because US markets could quickly adapt to the greater expense of its coffee, flowers and other exports. There will be a different order of chaos, though, if Trump follows through on tariffs on the EU (17 per cent of US imports), Mexico (15 per cent), China (14 per cent) or Canada (12 per cent).
  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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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Translations

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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[3], Louisiana: The Times-Picayune, page 1:
      Belgium is France's Canada.

See also

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

References

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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

Proper noun

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Canada n

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

Derived terms

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References

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

Franco-Provençal

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Franco-Provençal Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia frp

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)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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See also

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

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

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)

Derived terms

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Latin

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Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia la

Etymology

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

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Proper noun

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Canā̆da f sg (genitive Canā̆dae); 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 Canā̆da
genitive Canā̆dae
dative Canā̆dae
accusative Canā̆dam
ablative Canā̆dā
vocative Canā̆da

Notes

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The word is usually read as Cánada, which would point to the middle-vowel being short. Yet in the original Laurentian kanata, we see the middle-vowel both stressed and long, which would thus yield Canāda.

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Canada

  2. Canada (a country in North America)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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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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Proper noun

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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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Sardinian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Canada ?

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

Scottish Gaelic

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Proper noun

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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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Venetan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia vec

Canada m

  2. Canada (a country in North America)

Welsh

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Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Pronunciation

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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

Derived terms

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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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