Canada
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Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Laurentian canada (“village, settlement”). See "Name of Canada" on Wikipedia.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Canada, UK) IPA(key): /ˈkænədə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkænədə/, [ˈkʰænɪ̈də]
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Audio (CA) (file) -
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: Can‧ada
Proper noun[edit]
Canada (plural Canadas)
- A country in North America; official name: Canada.
- (historical) Lower Canada (also Canada East) or Upper Canada (Canada West), often “the Canadas.”
Synonyms[edit]
- America's Hat (humorous)
- Canuckistan (humorous or derogatory)
- Dominion of Canada (historical)
- Great White North (informal)
- neighbor to the north (US, informal)
- People's Republic of Canada (humorous or derogatory)
- Soviet Canuckistan (humorous or derogatory)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
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]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ca‧na‧da
Proper noun[edit]
Canada n
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 f (genitive Canadae); first declension
Inflection[edit]
First declension, with locative.
| Number | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Canada |
| 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]
Proper noun[edit]
Canada f
Declension[edit]
| gender f | uncountable |
|---|---|
| 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 terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English countable proper nouns
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Countries
- en:Countries of North America
- en:Provinces of Canada
- en:Territories of Canada
- en:Canada
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- nl:Countries
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- fr:Countries of North America
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns with irregular gender
- it:Countries
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- New Latin
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin singularia tantum
- la:Countries
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- no:Countries
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian proper nouns
- ro:Countries
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic proper nouns
- gd:Canada
- gd:Countries of North America
- Tatar lemmas
- Tatar proper nouns
- tt:Countries
- Venetian lemmas
- Venetian proper nouns
- vec:Countries
