Canandaiguan

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Canandaigua +‎ -an.

Adjective[edit]

Canandaiguan (comparative more Canandaiguan, superlative most Canandaiguan)

  1. Of or relating to Canandaigua, New York, United States.

Noun[edit]

Canandaiguan (plural Canandaiguans)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Canandaigua, New York, United States.
    • 1990, William H. Siles, “Wilderness Investment: The New York Frontier During the Federal Period”, in Stephen L. Schechter, Wendell Tripp, editors, World of the Founders: New York Communities in the Federal Period, Albany, NY: New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, →ISBN, page 152:
      Life was always getting better. But there were some things that Canandaiguans did not want changed. One of these—a source of pride among Canandaiguans—was the physical beauty of the village.