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English

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Etymology

Borrowed 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.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Canada (countable and uncountable, plural Canadas)

  1. 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.
    • 2025 January 27, David Charter, “Fafo diplomacy: How Colombia found out Trump meant business”, in The Times, 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).
  2. (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).
  3. (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)
  4. A surname.

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Derived terms

Descendants

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

Translations

Noun

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

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Canada

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

Proper noun

Canada n

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

Derived terms

References

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

Franco-Provençal

Franco-Provençal Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

Canada ?

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

French

Etymology

From the Laurentian kanata (village, settlement).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Canada m

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

Derived terms

Descendants

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Italian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French Canada.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Canada m

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

Derived terms

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia la

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

More information singular, nominative ...

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Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper noun

Canada

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

Canada

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Canada f

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

Declension

More information singular, definite ...

Sardinian

Sardinian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sc

Proper noun

Canada ?

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Canada m

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

Swedish

Proper noun

Canada n (genitive Canadas)

  1. dated spelling of Kanada (Canada)

Venetan

Proper noun

Venetan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia vec

Canada m

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

Welsh

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Canada f

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

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Mutation

More information radical, soft ...

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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