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See also:canada,Canadá,Canadà,cañada,andCa-na-đa

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchCanada, from theLaurentiankanata(“village, settlement”) (compareOnondagagana꞉dá꞉yęʼ), ultimately fromProto-North Iroquoian*-nat-. See also"Name of Canada" on English Wikipedia.

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Canada (countable anduncountable,pluralCanadas)

  2. Acountry inNorth America. Capital:Ottawa. Largest city:Toronto.
    • 2015,Chigozie Obioma,The Fishermen, ONE, page219:
      Father narrated the story of howCanada 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”, inCNN‎[1]:
      While the existence of pro-Khalistan factions inCanada 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”, inThe Times‎[2], archived fromthe original on27 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) orCanada (12 per cent).
  3. (historical)Lower Canada 1791–1840 (alsoCanada East 1840–1867, now province ofQuebec) or respectivelyUpper Canada (Canada West, now province ofOntario), often “theCanadas” (or politically, “United Canada” 1840–1867).
  4. (historical) (1608–1763) The most active province ofNew France. Nowadays corresponds to the territory of much of Quebec, Ontario, and several US states (aligning with theSaint Lawrence andOttawa River plains andGreat Lakes plains, andLaurentians)
  5. Asurname.

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Translations

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country in North America

Noun

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Canada (pluralCanadas)

  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'sCanada.

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 (acountry inNorth America)

Dutch

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed fromFrenchCanada.

The hamlet is attested asCanada 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 (acountry inNorth America)
  3. ahamlet inOoststellingwerf,Friesland,Netherlands

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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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Proper noun

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Canada ?

  1. Canada (acountry inNorth America)

French

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Etymology

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From theLaurentiankanata(“village, settlement”).

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Canada m

  2. Canada (acountry inNorth America)

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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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ItalianWikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchCanada.

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 (acountry inNorth America)

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Latin

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LatinWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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FromFrenchCanada, fromLaurentiankanata(“village, settlement”).

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Canada f sg (genitiveCanadae);first declension(New Latin)

  2. Canada (acountry inNorth America)
  3. (historical)New France

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominativeCanada
genitiveCanadae
dativeCanadae
accusativeCanadam
ablativeCanadā
vocativeCanada

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Norwegian Bokmål

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NorwegianWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediano

Proper noun

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Canada

  2. Canada (acountry inNorth America)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian NynorskWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediann

Proper noun

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Canada

  2. Canada (acountry inNorth America)

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Romanian

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Proper noun

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Canada f

  2. Canada (acountry inNorth America)

Declension

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singular
definite
nominative-accusativeCanada
genitive-dativeCanadei

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Sardinian

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SardinianWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediasc

Proper noun

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Canada ?

  1. Canada (acountry inNorth America)

Scottish Gaelic

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Proper noun

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Canada m

  2. Canada (acountry inNorth America)
    Tha Loch Lùthaise ann anCanada.
    Lake Louise is in Canada.

Swedish

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Proper noun

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Canada n (genitiveCanadas)

  1. dated spelling ofKanada(“Canada”)

Venetan

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Proper noun

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VenetanWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediavec

Canada m

  2. Canada (acountry inNorth America)

Welsh

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WelshWikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Canada f

  1. Canada (acountry inNorth America)

Coordinate terms

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countries in North America:gwledyddGogledd America (appendix)edit

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Mutation

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Mutated forms ofCanada
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
CanadaGanadaNghanadaChanada

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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