Canada
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From the Laurentian canada (“village, settlement”). See "Name of Canada" on Wikipedia.
Pronunciation [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Canada
- A country in North America; official name: Canada.
- (historical) Lower Canada or Upper Canada, often "the Canadas". Also Canada East or Canada West.
Synonyms [edit]
- Canuckistan, Soviet Canuckistan, People's Republic of Canada
- Great White North
- neighbor to the north
Derived terms [edit]
Derived terms
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Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
Country in North America
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References [edit]
- “Canada” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Jacques Cartier (1545), Relation originale de Jacques Cartier, Paris: Tross [1863], p 48.
See also [edit]
- (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States (Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of North America)
- (provinces of Canada) province of Canada; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan (Category: en:Provinces of Canada)
- (territories of Canada) territory of Canada; Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon (Category: en:Territories of Canada)
Dutch [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Canada n (uncountable)
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Canada m
Derived terms [edit]
Italian [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Canada m
Derived terms [edit]
Latin [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Canada (genitive Canadae); f, first declension
Inflection [edit]
| nominative | Canada |
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| genitive | Canadae |
| dative | Canadae |
| accusative | Canadam |
| ablative | Canadā |
| vocative | Canada |
| locative | Canadae |
Norwegian [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Canada
Related terms [edit]
Romanian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [kanada]
Proper noun [edit]
Canada f
Declension [edit]
| gender f | uncountable |
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| Nom/Acc | Canada |
| Gen/Dat | Canadei |
Related terms [edit]
Scottish Gaelic [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Canada m
- Canada
- Tha Loch Lùthaise ann an Canada.
- Lake Louise is in Canada.
- Tha Loch Lùthaise ann an Canada.
Tatar [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Canada
Declension [edit]
declension of Canada
Venetian [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Canada m
Categories:
- English terms derived from Laurentian
- English proper nouns
- English historical terms
- en:Countries
- en:Countries of North America
- en:Provinces of Canada
- en:Territories of Canada
- en:Canada
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch uncountable nouns
- nl:Countries
- French proper nouns
- fr:Countries of North America
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian nouns with irregular gender
- it:Countries
- Latin proper nouns
- la:Countries
- Norwegian proper nouns
- no:Countries
- Romanian proper nouns
- ro:Countries
- Scottish Gaelic proper nouns
- gd:Canada
- gd:Countries of North America
- Tatar proper nouns
- tt:Countries
- Venetian proper nouns
- vec:Countries