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Canada.

A country in North America. Capital: Ottawa. Largest city: Toronto.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈkænədə/Australia, Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US/ˈkanədə/British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈkɛnədə/New-Zealand[kʰɛəɾ̃əɾə]

  1. A country in North America. Capital: Ottawa. Largest city: Toronto.

    countable · uncountable

  2. 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).

    countable · historical · uncountable

  3. (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).

    countable · historical · uncountable

  4. A surname.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word 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.

noun/ˈkænədə/Australia, Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US/ˈkanədə/British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈkɛnədə/New-Zealand[kʰɛəɾ̃əɾə]

  1. A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.

    US · informal
Where this word 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.

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