# Canada
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Canada, UK, US) IPA: /ˈkænədə/
** Audio (Canada):(file)
** Audio (General American):(file)
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (General American, Canada, /æ/ raising) IPA: [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.
** 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 219:Father narrated the story of how Canada developed over a short period to surpass other countries, including Britain, from which it had emerged.
* (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

* America's Hat
* Canadia
* Canuckistan
* Dominion of Canada
* Great White North
* neighbor to the north
* People's Republic of Canada
* Soviet Canuckistan

#### Derived terms

* Atlantic Canada
* blame Canada
* Canada balsam
* Canada Bay
* Canada buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis)
* Canada Day
* Canada dogwood = bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
* Canada Dry
* Canada East = Lower Canada
* Canada Games
* Canada goldenrod
* Canada goose, (Branta canadensis)
* Canada Indian
* Canada jay = grey jay
* Canada lily (Lilium canadense)
* Canada lynx (Felis canadensis)
* Canada mayflower = wild lily of the valley (Maianthemum canadense)
* Canada onion
* Canada Pension Plan
* Canada plum (Prunus nigra and its fruit)
* Canada poplar = Carolina poplar (Populus × canadensis)
* Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
* Canada Post
* Canada Post Corporation
* Canada Revenue Agency
* Canada rice (Zizania palustris or Zizania aquatica)
* Canadarm
* Canada robin = cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
* Canada Savings Bond
* Canada thistle (Circium arvense)
* Canada violet (Viola canadensis)
* Canada West = Upper Canada
* Canada yew = ground hemlock (Taxus canadensis)
* Canadian
* Canadiana
* Canadianism
* Canadianist
* Canadianize
* Canadiano
* Canadien
* Canadienne
* Canajan
* Canajun
* Central Canada = Central Provinces
* English Canada
* French Canada
* Lower Canada
* O Canada
* Province of Canada
* Revenue Canada
* Upper Canada

#### Related terms

* Canuck
* Kanata
* British North America

#### Descendants

* French: canadair
* Greek: καναντέρ (kanantér)
* Italian: canadair
* Japanese: カナダ
* Serbo-Croatian: kanader

#### Translations
### 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.
** 2015, Michael DeMocker, The land of waffles, frites, chocolate, meat and, oh yes, culture‎, Louisiana: The Times-Picayune, page 1:Belgium is France's Canada.

### See also

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Canada
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States of America
* Alberta
* British Columbia
* Manitoba
* New Brunswick
* Newfoundland and Labrador
* Nova Scotia
* Ontario
* Prince Edward Island
* Quebec
* Saskatchewan
* Northwest Territories
* Nunavut
* Yukon

### References

* “Canada” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
* 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: /ˈkɑ.naːˌdaː/
* Audio:(file)
* 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: /ka.na.da/
** Audio (Paris):(file)
* (Canada) IPA: /ka.na.da/ ~ /ka.na.dɑ/
** Audio; [ka.naˈdɑ]:(file)
** Audio; [ka.naˈdɔ]:(file)

### Proper noun

Canada m
* Canada (a country in North America)

#### Derived terms

* bernache du Canada
* canadair
* canadianisation
* canadianiser
* canadianisme
* Canadien
* canadien
* décanadianisation
* décanadianiser
* gainier du Canada
* recanadianisation
* recanadianiser
* vergerette du Canada

#### Descendants

* English: Canada
* Greek: καναντέρ (kanantér)
* Italian: canadair
* Serbo-Croatian: kanader

### See also

* Antigua-et-Barbuda
* Bahamas
* Barbade
* Canada
* Cuba
* Dominique
* États-Unis
* Grenade
* Haïti
* Jamaïque
* Mexique
* République dominicaine
* Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès
* Saint-Vincent-et-Grenadines
* Sainte-Lucie
* Trinité-et-Tobago

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* Canadà (dated)

### Etymology

Borrowed from French Canada.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /ˈka.na.da/, [ˈkänäd̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈka.na.da/, [ˈkäːnäd̪ä]

### Proper noun

Canada f sg (genitive Canadae); first declension (New Latin)
* Canada (a country in North America)
* (historical) New France

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### Derived terms

* canadēnsis

## 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: [kanada]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Canada f
* Canada (a country in North America)

#### 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)
    Tha Loch Lùthaise ann an Canada.Lake Louise is in Canada.

## 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: /ˈkanada/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈka(ː)nada/
* Rhymes: -anada

### Proper noun

Canada f
* Canada (a country in North America)

#### Coordinate terms

* Antigwa a Barbiwda
* Barbados
* Canada
* Ciwba
* Dominica
* Grenada
* Gweriniaeth Dominica
* Haiti
* Jamaica
* Mecsico
* Sant Kitts-Nevis
* Sant Lwsia
* Sant Vincent a'r Grenadines
* Trinidad a Thobago
* Unol Daleithiau America
* y Bahamas

#### Derived terms

* Canadiad
* Canadaidd

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.