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Canada¹

  • /ˈkænədə/ Australia, Canada, UK
  • /ˈkanədə/ British, Northern England, Scotland
  • /ˈkɛnədə/ New Zealand
  • [kʰɛəɾ̃əɾə]

Sounds like Kannada (one pronunciation)

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Canada, from the Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”) (compare Onondaga gana꞉dá꞉yęʼ), ultimately from Proto-North Iroquoian *-nat-. See also "Name of Canada" on English Wikipedia.

proper noun Canadas

  1. countable, uncountable A country in North America. Capital: Ottawa. Largest city: Toronto. Father narrated the story of how Canada developed over a short period to surpass other countries, including Britain, from which it had emerged.

    Similar: America's Hat, Canadia, Canuckistan, Dominion of Canada, Great White North, Leafland, neighbor to the north, People's Republic of Canada, Soviet Canuckistan, True North

  2. countable, historical, uncountable 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. countable, historical, uncountable (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 and Ottawa River plains and Great Lakes plains, and Laurentians).
  4. countable, uncountable A surname.

noun Canadas

  1. US, informal A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger. Belgium is France's Canada.

canada²

  • /kəˈnɑːdə/

Where it comes from

From Portuguese canada, from Latin cannatus.

noun canadas

  1. historical A traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume equal to 1.7–2.1 liters depending on the area of Portugal, used particularly for wine.

canada³

Where it comes from

From Spanish cañada, from Latin canna (“cane”) + -ada (“-ed”).

noun canadas

  1. alternative Alternative form of cañada (“a ravine, a gully”).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: kanada, canadian, cdn, canadiens, québec, canadien, columbia, australia, act, dominion, atlantic, ottawa, cana, provinces, country, province

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name country in North America

EspañolCanadá
한국어캐나다 Kaenada, 가나다 Ganada
日本語カナダ Kanada, 加奈陀 Kanada
中文加拿大 Jiānádà
हिन्दीकनाडा kanāḍā
KiswahiliKanada
PortuguêsCanadá
FrançaisCanada
DeutschKanada
ItalianoCanada
ΕλληνικάΚαναδάς Kanadás
RomânăCanada
РусскийКана́да Kanáda
Tiếng ViệtCa-na-đa, Gia Nã Đại
العربيةكَنَدَا kanadā, كَنَدَة kanada
עבריתקָנָדָּה kánada

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@misc{canada_2026,
  title = {canada},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/canada},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}