Canada

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Canada, Received Pronunciation, US, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkænədə/ (Standard Southern British, Northern England, Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkanədə/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɛnədə/ (General American, Canada, /æ/ raising) IPA(key): [kʰɛəɾ̃əɾə] ~ [kʰeənədə] Hyphenation: Can‧a‧da Homophone: Kannada (one pronunciation) === Proper noun === Canada (countable and uncountable, plural Canadas) A country in North America. Capital: Ottawa. Largest city: Toronto. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Canada. (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 and Ottawa River plains and Great Lakes plains, and Laurentians). A surname. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Canuck Kanata British North America ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Canada is the 3616th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9819 individuals. Canada is most common among White (52.75%) and Black/African-American (31.12%) individuals. === Noun === Canada (plural Canadas) (US, informal) A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger. === See also === === References === Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “Canada”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. Jacques Cartier (1545), Relation originale de Jacques Cartier, Paris: Tross [1863], p 48. == Central Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Canada Canada (a country in North America) == Dutch == === Alternative forms === Kanada (dated, superseded) === Etymology === Probably borrowed from French Canada. The hamlet is attested as Canada in 1954. It was named after the country. Originally the name of a farmhouse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.naːˌdaː/ Hyphenation: Ca‧na‧da === Proper noun === Canada n Canada (a country in North America) a hamlet in Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands ==== Derived terms ==== Canadees Canadameer === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN == Franco-Provençal == === Proper noun === Canada ? Canada (a country in North America) == French == === Etymology === From the Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.na.da/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ka.na.da/ ~ /ka.na.dɑ/ === Proper noun === Canada m Canada (a country in North America) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === See also === == Italian == === Alternative forms === Canadà (dated) === Etymology === Borrowed from French Canada. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.na.da/ Rhymes: -anada Hyphenation: Cà‧na‧da === Proper noun === Canada m Canada (a country in North America) ==== Derived terms ==== canadese == Latin == === Etymology === From French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈnaː.da], [ˈka.na.da] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈnaː.da], [ˈkaː.na.da] === Proper noun === Canā̆da f sg (genitive Canā̆dae); first declension (New Latin) Canada (a country in North America) (historical) New France ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. === Notes === The word is usually read as Cánada, which would point to the middle-vowel being short. Yet in the original Laurentian kanata, we see the middle-vowel both stressed and long, which would thus yield Canāda. ==== Derived terms ==== canā̆dēnsis == Norwegian Bokmål == === Proper noun === Canada Canada (a country in North America) ==== Derived terms ==== kanadagås ==== Related terms ==== canadier, kanadier canadisk, kanadisk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Canada Canada (a country in North America) ==== Derived terms ==== kanadagås ==== Related terms ==== canadiar, kanadiar canadisk, kanadisk == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kanada] === Proper noun === Canada f Canada (a country in North America) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== canadian == Sardinian == === Proper noun === Canada ? Canada (a country in North America) == Scottish Gaelic == === Proper noun === Canada m Canada (a country in North America) == Swedish == === Proper noun === Canada n (genitive Canadas) dated spelling of Kanada (“Canada”) == Venetan == === Proper noun === Canada m Canada (a country in North America) == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkanada/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈka(ː)nada/ Rhymes: -anada === Proper noun === Canada f Canada (a country in North America) ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Canadiad Canadaidd === Mutation ===