English Explanatory Dictionary

Canada

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A country in North America. Capital: Ottawa. Largest city: Toronto.
  2. 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. (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.
noun
  1. A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.
noun
  1. A traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume equal to 1.7–2.1 liters depending on the area of Portugal, used particularly for wine.
noun
  1. Alternative form of cañada (“a ravine, a gully”).

Pronunciation

/ˈkænədə/ En-ca-Canada.ogg En-us-Canada.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Canada.wav [kʰɛəɾ̃əɾə] /kəˈnɑːdə/

Word forms

Canada Canadas

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

America's Hat Canadia Canuckistan Dominion of Canada Great White North Leafland neighbor to the north People's Republic of Canada Soviet Canuckistan True North

Related words

Canuck Kanata British North America

Derived words

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