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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Portuguese canada, from Latin cannatus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
canada (plural canadas)
- (historical, measure) A traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume equal to 1.7–2.1 liters depending on the area of Portugal, used particularly for wine.
Coordinate terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Spanish cañada, from Latin canna (“cane”) + -ada (“-ed”).
Noun[edit]
canada (plural canadas)
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested since the 12th century in Medieval Latin documents. Either from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“can, tankard, mug, cup”), or from Latin canna (“canne”), and a suffix -ada. Cognate with English can, German Kanne.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
canada f (plural canadas)
- (dated) A former liquid measure, usually of four cuartillos, especially used for wine and milk
- 1390, Mª Luz Méndez Fernández, editor, Contribución ó estudio dun libro das Tenzas da Catedral de Santiago, page 39:
- dúas cabaaças de vjño de senllas medias canadas et quatro capões
- two gourds of wine, each one containing half a canada, and four capons
- a wooden or tin cylindrical jug, with spout and handle
- 1373, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 191:
- dous picheles dstanno grandes et dous pequenos et duas canadas grandes
- two large tin tankards and two small ones and two large jugs
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “canada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “canada” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “canada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “canada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “canada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cañada”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From cana (“cane”) + -ada (“-ing, -er: forming nouns related to striking”), from Latin canna. Compare Spanish cañada.
Noun[edit]
canada f (plural canadas)
- caning, a blow from a cane or rod
- trail, a rural pathway, especially between fields
- Synonym: carreiro
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
canada f (plural canadas)
- (historical, measure) canada, Portuguese quart, a traditional unit of liquid volume equal to 1.3–2.1 liters depending on the area of Portugal, used especially for wine
Coordinate terms[edit]
Walloon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French truffe du Canada.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
canada m (plural canadas)
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