canada

See also: Canada, cañada, Canadá, Canadà, and Ca-na-đa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese canada.

Noun

canada (plural canadas)

1. (historical) A former liquid measure of four quartilhos, especially used for wine.

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Galician

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnaða̝/

Noun

canada f (plural canadas)

1. (dated) A former liquid measure, usually of four cuartillos, especially used for wine and milk
   • 1390, Mª Luz Méndez Fernández (ed.), 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

2. a wooden or tin cylindrical jug, with spout and handle
   • 1373, Enrique Cal Pardo (ed.), 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

• canado
• caneca

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “canada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “canada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From cana +‎ -ada, from Latin canna. Compare Spanish cañada.

Noun

canada f (plural canadas)

1. a blow with a cane
2. a rural pathway or lane between fields

Synonyms

• (pathway): carreiro

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cannata.

Noun

canada f (plural canadas)

1. a former liquid measure of four quartilhos (“pints”) (especially relating to wine)