English

Proper noun

Canada ‎(plural Canadas)

1. A country in North America; official name: Canada (formerly also Dominion of Canada 1867-1982).
2. (historical) Lower Canada 1791-1840 (also Canada East 1840-1867, now province of Quebec) or respectively Upper Canada (Canada West, now province of Ontario), often “the Canadas” (or politically, “United Canada” 1840-1867).
3. (historical) (1608-1763) The most active province of New France. Nowadays corresponds to the territory of much of Quebec, Ontario, and several US states.

Synonyms

• 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

Related terms

• Canuck
• Kanata

Translations

References

• “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.

Noun

Canada ‎(plural Canadas)

1. (U.S., informal) A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.
   • 2015, Michael DeMocker, The land of waffles, frites, chocolate, meat and, oh yes, culture, Louisiana: The Times-Picayune:

     Belgium is France's Canada.

See also

• (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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ca‧na‧da

Proper noun

Canada n

1. Canada

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.na.da/
• Rhymes: -a

Proper noun

Canada m

1. Canada

Derived terms

• canadianisation
• canadianiser
• canadianisme
• Canadien
• canadien
• décanadianisation
• décanadianiser
• recanadianisation
• recanadianiser

Italian

Proper noun

Canada m

1. Canada

Derived terms

• canadese

Latin

Proper noun

Canada f ‎(genitive Canadae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Canada

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• canadensis

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Canada

1. Canada

Related terms

• canadier, kanadier
• canadiar (Nynorsk), kanadiar (Nynorsk)
• canadisk, kanadisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Canada

1. Canada

Related terms

• canadiar, kanadiar
• canadisk, kanadisk

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kanada]

Proper noun

Canada f

1. Canada

Declension

Related terms

• canadian

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Canada m

1. Canada

   Tha Loch Lùthaise ann an Canada.

   Lake Louise is in Canada.

Tatar

Proper noun

Canada

1. Canada

Declension

Venetian

Proper noun

Canada m

1. Canada

Portuguese

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 Latin cannata.

Noun

canada f (plural canadas)

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