# 加拿大
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

Attested in Kunyu Wanguo Quantu [1602] as 加拿大國／加拿大国, referring to the French colony within the larger territory of New France.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Jiānádà
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄋㄚˊ ㄉㄚˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaa$^1$ naa$^4$ daai$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ga$^1$ na$^3$ ai$^{5*}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Kâ-nâ-thai / Khà-na-tá
* Eastern Min (BUC): Gă-nā-dâi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Ka-ná-tāi / Kee-ná-tāi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gia$^1$ na$^2$ dai$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ka-na-da
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Jiānádà
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄋㄚˊ ㄉㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Jianádà
*** Wade–Giles: Chia$^1$-na$^2$-ta$^4$
*** Yale: Jyā-ná-dà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jianadah
*** Palladius: Цзянада (Czjanada)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ nä³⁵ tä⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaa$^1$ naa$^4$ daai$^6$
*** Yale: gā nàh daaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaa$^1$ naa$^4$ daai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ga$^1$ na$^4$ dai$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaː⁵⁵ naː²¹ taːi̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ga$^1$ na$^3$ ai$^{5*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ka³³ ⁿda²² ai³²⁻³²⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kâ-nâ-thai / Khà-na-tá
*** Hakka Romanization System: ga$^ˊ$ na$^ˊ$ tai / ka$^ˇ$ na da$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ga$^1$ na$^1$ tai$^4$ / ka$^2$ na$^4$ da$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ na²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/, /kʰa¹¹ na⁵⁵ ta³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Gă-nā-dâi
*** Sinological IPA : /ka⁵⁵⁻²¹ nˡa³³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t-)}$lɑi²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ka-ná-tāi
*** Tâi-lô: Ka-ná-tāi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kanafdai
*** IPA (Philippines): /ka³³ na⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tai⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tai³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tai²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tai⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ nã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tai³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kee-ná-tāi
*** Tâi-lô: Kee-ná-tāi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tai²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gia$^1$ na$^2$ dai$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia ná tăi
*** Sinological IPA : /kia³³⁻²³ na⁵²⁻³⁵ tai³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ka-na-da
*** MiniDict: ka$^平$ na da
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$ka-na-da
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka⁵⁵ na³³ da²¹/

#### Proper noun

加拿大
* Canada (a country in North America)
       Wèishénme nàme duō yímín xuǎnzé Jiānádà? [Pinyin]
       Why do so many migrants choose Canada?
** 1864, Henry Wheaton, translated by William Alexander Parsons Martin, 萬國公法, volume 4, 京都崇實館, page 22:
       Yīngguó shuǐshī tídū, xíngwén biàn qí shì, wèi Měiguó bīng, fàn qí shǔbù Jiānádà shí, céng xíng cǐ bùfǎ zhī shì, gù qí lái shū yún, Jiānádà zǒngdū, céng bǐng wǒ, yǐ Měiguó zhī rén, shàn huǐ wǒguó mínwù, qǐng jí huánbào fùchóu. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1904, Liang Qichao, 新大陸遊記 [Travel Notes of the New Continent], 廣智書局, published 1907, page 4:
       Huárén zhī zài Jiānádà zhě, shēngjì shū jiǒngcù, yuǎn bùdài zài Měiguó. Qí gōngrén zhī bù dé zhíyè zhě shí ér wǔ liù, kùnkǔ bùkěyánzhuàng. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Synonyms

* (abbreviation) 加 (Jiā)
* (obsolete) 坎拿大 (Kǎnnádà), 加拿他
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 加拿大 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 加拿大, 加國 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 加拿大, 加國 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 加拿大 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 加拿大 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 加拿大 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 加拿大 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 加拿大 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 加拿大 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 加拿大 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 加拿大 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 加拿大 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 加拿大 |

##### Derived terms

* 加拿大一枝黃花 / 加拿大一枝黄花 (Jiānádà yīzhīhuánghuā)
* 加拿大人 (Jiānádàrén)
* 加拿大元 (Jiānádà yuán)
* 加拿大式足球 (Jiānádàshì zúqiú)
* 加拿大英語 / 加拿大英语 (Jiānádà Yīngyǔ)

##### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: Gia Nã Đại (加拿大)
Others:
* → Zhuang: Gyahnazda

### Etymology 2

Pun on the near-homophone 胳肋底 (gaak$^3$ laak$^{6-1}$ dai$^2$).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa$^1$ naa$^4$ daai$^6$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaa$^1$ naa$^4$ daai$^6$
*** Yale: gā nàh daaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaa$^1$ naa$^4$ daai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ga$^1$ na$^4$ dai$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaː⁵⁵ naː²¹ taːi̯²²/

#### Noun

加拿大
* (Cantonese, humorous) armpit (Classifier: 個／个 c)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 腋 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 腋窩, 腋下 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 胳肢窩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 胳肢窩, 腋下 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 胳肢窩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 胳肢窩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 胳肢窩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 胳肢窩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 膈肢窩, 胳肢窩, 胳臼窩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 胳肢窩, 胳肢窩兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 胳肢窩, 胳肢脖 Hui |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 夾肘窩 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 夾肘窩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 圪老知兒, 圪知窩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 胳肘窩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 膈老肢兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 胳肢窩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 胳皂窪 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 膈肢兒, 膈肢窩兒, 膈肢窩 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 胳勒窩, 胳勒叉 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 胳旯窩 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 胳肘窪 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 胳澇窪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 夾肢窩兒, 夾窩兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 脅下窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 夾肢窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 膈肢窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 膈肢窩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 膈夾窩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 夾乍窩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 胳肢窩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 胳撓肢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 胳肋底 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 胳肋底, 加拿大 humorous |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 胳肋底 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 胳肋底 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 胳肋底 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 胳肋底 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 胳肋底 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 胳肋 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 胳肋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 肋赤下 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 胳肋底 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 胳肋 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 胳肋 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 胳肋底 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 胳肋底, 胳肋 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 胳肋底, 胳肋 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 肋仄 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 胳肋肢窩 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 胳肋底 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 脅夾裡, 胛下裡, 胛下 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 胳摘窩 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 脅牯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 脅下, 手脅, 脅 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 脅下 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 肋赤下 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 手夾下 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 脅下 |
| Hakka | Changting | 手脅下 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 手脅子下 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 手脅下 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 脅赤腳下 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 手脅下 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 手脅下 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 脅下 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 手脅下 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 手脅下, 脅下 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 手脅下, 脅下 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 手脅下, 脅下 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 脅下 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 手脅下, 脅下 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 手脅下, 脅下 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 肋赤下 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 手夾 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 肋赤下 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 肋赤下 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 脅下 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 膈辣下 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 膈離間, 膈夾窩 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 胳正窩兒 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 胳肢窩 |
| Jin | Linhe | 圪嶗子窩 |
| Jin | Jining | 膈老肢窩 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 胳肢窩 |
| Jin | Baotou | 胳老肢窩 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 膈肢窩 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 胳肘窩 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 胳肢下 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 胳鹿下 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 胳鹿下 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 胳肢下 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 胳肢下 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 胳鹿下 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 胳腋下 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 胳腋下 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 胳腋下 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 胳腋下 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 胳腋下 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 胳腋下 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 胳腋下 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 胳腋下 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 胳腋下 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 胳下空, 胳耳空 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 胳下空, 胳下胴 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 胳下胴, 胳胴跤 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 胳下空, 都知 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 胳下空, 胳胴跤 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 胳胴跤 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 胳耳空 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 胳胴跤 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 胳下空 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 胳胴跤 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 胳下胴 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 胳下空, 胳耳空 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 胳耳空 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 胳下胴 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 胳下空 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 胳下空 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | ketiak |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 胳下胴 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 胳囊下 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 胳囊下 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 胳當下 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 膈胳 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 胛胳 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 胛胳 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 膈攬下 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 膈肋下 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 胳囊下 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 胳肋底 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 膈肢窩 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 胳肋竹, 胳肢窩 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 胳落 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 膈臘子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 夾肢窩, 夾肢下 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 肋膈肢底下 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 肋膈肢下 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 脟扎下 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 膈肋下 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 脅肋窩, 脅夾窩, 胳肢窩 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 脅納窩裡 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 脅旯旮 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 脅角納, 脅角納裡 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 狹港 |