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canadian English thumb|Canadians waving a Canadian flag in Canada on Canada Day. Pronunciation en /kəˈneɪ.di.ən/ [kʰəˈneɪ.ɾi.ən] GA,Canada en en-ca-Canadian.oga CA en /kəˈneɪ.di.ən/ RP en /kəˈnɛjdɪjən/ SSB en /kəˈnæɪ.di.ən/ AU,NZ en /kəˈne.de.ən/ /-dɪ-/ /-di-/ Scotland en /kəˈneːdi.ən/ Wales,non-pane-pain en Can ad ian en eɪdiən 3 Etymology 1 en :af Canada<pos:noun> -ian<pos:suffix forming adjectives and nouns> + 1 Adjective Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its culture, or people. en Kaitlan Collins Exclusive: White House stops announcing calls with foreign leaders w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/24/politics/foreign-leaders-call-white-house/index.html 2018-07-24 After Trump spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in April 2017, the two sides offered vastly different accounts of what was discussed. https://web.archive.org/web/20260717024026/https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/24/politics/foreign-leaders-call-white-house/index.html 17 July 2026 en informal Of, belonging to, or relating to Canadian English. en informal nonstandard Of, belonging to, or relating to Canadian French. Synonyms en Canajun, en Canajan en Canuck en Canuckistani, en Canuckistanian slang derogatory or humorous Antonyms en non-Canadian Derived terms en Canadian Falls Canadian garlic Canadian hemp Canadian as maple syrup Canadian Rockies I'm Canadian Canadian clipper Canadian dainty Canadian Alliance Canadian bacon<t:back bacon> Canadian Bill of Rights Canadian poplar Canadian yew Canadian canoe Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Canadian English Canadian Eskimo Dog,Canadian Eskimo dog Canadian football Canadian Forces Canadian French Canadian studies Canadian West Dano-Canadian Canadian horse Canadianisation Canadianise Canadianism Canadian plum Canadianist Canadianization Canadianize Canadian Lead Can-Am Canadian healthcare Canadian tuxedo Canadiana Canadianese Canadianly Canadianness Canadiano Cubanadian un-Canadian unCanadian Canadian Shield Canadian Tire money en Canadian waterweed (Elodea canadensis species) Canadian whisky English Canadian,English-Canadian Franco-Canadian French Canadian,French-Canadian Germano-Canadian non-Canadian Norwego-Canadian Western Canadian Select Translations of or pertaining to Canada Afrikaans: af Kanadees Albanian: sq kanadez Amharic: am ካናዳዊ Arabic: ar كَنَدِيّ Armenian: hy կանադական Asturian: ast canadiense, ast canadianu Azerbaijani: az kanadalı Belarusian: be кана́дскі, be кана́дзкі Bulgarian: bg кана́дски Catalan: ca canadenc Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 加拿大 Jiānádà de 加拿大的 Czech: cs kanadský Danish: da kanadisk Dutch: nl Canadees Esperanto: eo kanada Estonian: et kanada Extremaduran: ext canadanu Finnish: fi kanadalainen French: fr canadien Galician: gl canadense Georgian: ka კანადური German: de kanadisch Greek: el καναδικός, el καναδέζικος Hawaiian: haw Kanakā Hebrew: he קָנָדִי kanádi Hungarian: hu kanadai Icelandic: is kanadískur Interlingua: ia canadian Irish: ga Ceanadach Italian: it canadese Japanese: ja カナダ Kanada no カナダの Kazakh: kk канадалық, kk канада Korean: ko 캐나다 ^캐나다-의, ko 가나다 ^가나다(加那陀)-의, ko 카나다 ^카나다-의 North Korea Kyrgyz: ky канадалык, ky канада Latin: la canadensis, la canadense n Latvian: lv kanādiešu Lithuanian: lt kanadietiškas, lt kanadiečių Luxembourgish: lb Macedonian: mk канадски Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn канад Norwegian: Bokmål: nb canadisk, nb kanadisk Nynorsk: nn canadisk, nn kanadisk Occitan: oc canadenc Persian: fa کانادایی kânâdâyi Polish: pl kanadyjski Portuguese: pt canadense Brazil, pt canadiano Portugal Romanian: ro canadian Russian: ru кана́дский Scottish Gaelic: gd Canadach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh ка̀надскӣ Latin: sh kànadskī Slovak: sk kanadský Slovene: sl kanadski Spanish: es canadiense Swahili: sw Kikanada Swedish: sv kanadensisk Tagalog: tl Kanadyense Tajik: tg канадагӣ Thai: th แคนาดา Turkish: tr Kanadalı Turkmen: tk kanadaly Ukrainian: uk кана́дський, uk канаді́йський Uzbek: uz kanadalik, uz kanada Vietnamese: vi Ca-na-đa Welsh: cy Canadaidd of or pertaining to Canadian (the language), Canadian English Finnish: fi kanadalainen French: fr canadien German: de kanadisch, de kanadischenglisch, de kanadisch-englisch Romanian: ro canadian Volapük: vo Kanadänapükik, vo Kanadäna-Linglänapükik Noun A native or inhabitant of Canada. en 2021 w:Jenni Fagan Luckenbooth William Heinemann 180 Even the Canadians have gone to war against them! They never go to war against anybody! en sports informal Canadian national championship. en https://globalnews.ca/news/223677/shantz-takes-on-foes-from-yesteryear-in-quest-for-elusive-national-crown/ Global News “If you look back 20 years ago, we were all playing in the Canadians and high-level cashspiels,” Shantz, 51, said Friday. Shantz takes on foes from yesteryear in quest for elusive national crown March 16 2012 Monte Stewart https://web.archive.org/web/20250414232901/https://globalnews.ca/news/223677/shantz-takes-on-foes-from-yesteryear-in-quest-for-elusive-national-crown/ 14 April 2025 en "When we were playing in the Canadians (championships) other teams would come around to watch us do our warm-ups," son Jayme Hall said. A legend on LaSalle diamonds for decades The Windsor Star 19 December 2015 Mary Caton en “With it being Canadians, I’m just, a little bit, not as good as the top girls are,” she said, despite playing in the Canadians in Belleville in 2013. A scent of success for Hespeler horseshoe pitcher The Cambridge Times 21 September 2017 Bill Doucet en sports canoe short for Canadian canoe, as opposed to kayak Synonyms en Canajun, en Canajan en Canuck en Canuckistani, en Canuckistanian slang derogatory or humorous en hoser slang derogatory or humorous Derived terms en aboriginal Canadian African Canadian,African-Canadian Afro-Canadian American Canadian,American-Canadian Anglo-Canadian anglophone Canadian,Anglophone Canadian Arab Canadian,Arab-Canadian Asian Canadian,Asian-Canadian Asio-Canadian Dano-Canadian English Canadian,English-Canadian Euro-Canadian European Canadian,European-Canadian Franco-Canadian francophone Canadian,Francophone Canadian French Canadian,French-Canadian French-speaking Canadian German Canadian,German-Canadian Germano-Canadian Hiberno-Canadian Indian Canadian,Indian-Canadian Irish Canadian,Irish-Canadian Indo-Canadian native-born Canadian native Canadian Native Canadian neo-Canadian,Neo-Canadian new Canadian,New Canadian Norwego-Canadian Ukraino-Canadian Lower Canadian Upper Canadian Related terms en Canadien masculine, en Canadienne feminine directly borrowed from French Translations person from Canada Afrikaans: af Kanadees Albanian: sq kanadez m, sq kanadeze f, sq kanadezë m-p, sq kanadeze f-p Arabic: ar كَنَدِيّ m, ar كَنَدِيَّة f Armenian: hy կանադացի Asturian: ast canadiense m f Azerbaijani: az kanadalı Belarusian: be кана́дзец m, be кана́дка f Bulgarian: bg кана́дец m, bg кана́дка f Catalan: ca canadenc m, ca canadenca f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 加拿大人 gaa1 naa4 daai6 jan4 Mandarin: cmn 加拿大人 Jiānádàrén Corsican: co canadianu m, co canadiana f, co canadese m f Czech: cs Kanaďan m, cs Kanaďanka f Danish: da canadier c Dutch: nl Canadees m, nl Canadese f Esperanto: ♂♀ eo kanadano, explicitly ♂ eo kanadaniĉo, explicitly ♀ eo kanadanino Estonian: et kanadalane Finnish: fi kanadalainen French: fr Canadien m, fr Canadienne f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Kanadeesk n Galician: gl canadense m f Georgian: ka კანადელი German: de Kanadier m, de Kanadierin f Greek: el Καναδός m, el Καναδέζος m, el Καναδή f, el Καναδέζα f Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug kanatãgua Hawaiian: haw Kanakā Hebrew: he קָנָדִי m kanádi Hungarian: hu kanadai Icelandic: is Kanadamaður m Indonesian: id orang kanada Interlingua: ia canadiano m, ia canadiana f Irish: ga Ceanadach m Italian: it canadese m f Japanese: ja カナダ人 カナダじん, Kanadajin Kazakh: kk канадалық Korean: ko 캐나다인, ko 캐나다 사람 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr kanadî Kyrgyz: ky канадалык Latin: la canadēnsis m f Latvian: lv kanādietis m, lv kanādiete f Lithuanian: lt kanadietis m, lt kanadietė f Macedonian: mk Канаѓанец m, mk Канаѓанка f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb canadier m, nb kanadier m Nynorsk: nn canadiar m, nn kanadiar m Occitan: oc canadenc m, oc canadenca f Persian: fa کانادایی kânâdâyi Polish: pl Kanadyjczyk m, pl Kanadyjka f Portuguese: pt canadense m f Brazil, pt canadiano m Portugal, pt canadiana f Portugal Romanian: ro canadian m, ro canadiancă f, ro canadiană f Romansh: rm canadais m, rm canadaisa f Russian: ru кана́дец m, ru кана́дка f Sardinian: sc canadesu m, sc canadesa f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Кана́ђанин m, sh Кана́ђа̄нка f Latin: sh Kanáđanin m, sh Kanáđānka f Slovak: sk Kanaďan m, sk Kanaďanka f Slovene: sl Kanadčan m, sl Kanadčanka f Spanish: es canadiense m f Swahili: sw Mkanada Swedish: sv kanadensare, sv kanadensiska c female Tagalog: tl Kanadyense Tajik: tg канадагӣ Thai: th คนแคนาดา kon kɛɛ-naa-daa Turkish: tr Kanadalı Turkmen: tk kanadaly Ukrainian: uk кана́дець m, uk кана́дка f, uk канаді́єць m, uk канаді́йка f Uzbek: uz kanadalik Vietnamese: vi người Ca-na-đa Welsh: cy Canadiad m f Proper noun en informal The English language (spoken or written) as used in Canada; Canadian English. en geology An epoch from to million years ago, a subdivision of the Ordovician. Translations Canadian English Dutch: nl Canadees n, nl Canadees-Engels n more precise Finnish: fi kanadanenglanti French: fr anglais canadien m Georgian: ka კანადური ინგლისური, ka კანადური ინგლისური ენა German: de Kanadisch n, more precisely de kanadisches Englisch n Italian: it inglese canadese m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb canadisk engelsk m, nb kanadisk engelsk m Nynorsk: nn canadisk engelsk m, nn kanadisk engelsk m Occitan: oc anglés canadenc m Portuguese: pt inglês canadense m Brazil, pt inglês canadiano m Portugal Romanian: ro engleză canadiană f Swahili: sw Kiingereza cha Kanada Turkish: tr Kanadaca, tr Kanada İngilizcesi Volapük: vo Kanadänapük, vo Linglänapük Kanadänik, vo Kanadäna-Linglänapük Etymology 2 A name of uncertain origin. The city and town names are after the river, while the Australian suburb is named after an 1850's Canadian gold digger known as Swift. Proper noun The Canadian River, a river in New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma in the United States, which is a tributary of the Arkansas River. en town co/Pittsburg County s/Oklahoma. en city/county seat co/Hemphill County s/Texas, situated on the Canadian River. en suburb city:Pref/Ballarat central western s/Victoria c/Australia. See also en Canadian County References en Canada Demonyms Nationalities