Canada
English
/ˈkænədə/, [kʰɛənədə]
proper noun
Definitions
- (country in North America).
- (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).
- (historical) (1608-1763) The most active province of New France. Nowadays corresponds to the territory of much of Quebec, Ontario, and several US states (aligning with the Saint Lawrence River and Ottawa River plains and Great Lakes plains, and Laurentian Mountains)
Etymology
Borrowed from French Canada derived from Laurentian kanata (village, settlement).
Origin
Laurentian
kanata
Gloss
village, settlement
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
村
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Canadaphile English
- Canadaphobia English
- Canadarian English
- Canadia English
- Canadian English
- Canadian Football League English
- Canadian bacon English
- Canadian studies English
- Canadian tuxedo English
- Canadiana English
- Canadianese English
- Canadianise English
- Canadianism English
- Canadianist English
- Canadianization English
- Canadianize English
- Canadianly English
- Canadianness English
- German-Canadian English
- non-Canadian English
- un-Canadian English
- unCanadian English
- Canada Latin
- Canada Dutch, Flemish
- Canada French
- Canadien French
- canado- French
- Canadá Portuguese
- カナダ Japanese
- カナダガン Japanese
- カナダ人 Japanese
- カナダ英語 Japanese
- Kanada Polish
- Ceanada Irish
- Kanado Esperanto
- kanadano Esperanto
- कनाडा Hindi
- แคนาดา Thai
- Cannada Norman
- 加拿大 Chinese
- канадійський Ukrainian
- Kanada Swahili
- Mkanada Swahili
- 캐나다 Korean
- iKhanada Zulu
- Keneda Tok Pisin
- ການາດາ Lao
- کینیڈا Panjabi, Punjabi
- ਕੈਨੇਡਾ Panjabi, Punjabi
- Kanada Haitian, Haitian Creole
- Kanada Abenaki
- kânata Plains Cree
- canada Laurentian
- kanata Laurentian