Canada

Appendix:Variations of "canada" English Etymology en :bor fr:Canada 1 en fr Canada, from the en lre kanata village, settlement (compare ono gana꞉dá꞉yęʼ), ultimately from en iro-nor-pro *-nat-. See also en Name of Canada "Name of Canada" on English Wikipedia. 350px|right|thumb|The flag of Canada. Pronunciation en /ˈkænədə/ Canada,RP,US,AU en En-ca-Canada.ogg CA en En-us-Canada.ogg GA en /ˈkanədə/ SSB,Northern England,Scotland,Wales en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Canada.wav SSB en /ˈkɛnədə/ NZ en [kʰɛəɾ̃əɾə] GA,CA,/æ/ raising ~ [kʰeənədə] en Can a da en Kannada one pronunciation Proper noun ~ en Q16 en country cont/North America Ottawa Toronto. en 2015 w:Chigozie Obioma The Fishermen ONE 219 Father narrated the story of how Canada developed over a short period to surpass other countries, including Britain, from which it had emerged. en Lex Harvey Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/29/india/clashes-hindu-sikh-canada-india-intl-hnk 2024-11-29 While the existence of pro-Khalistan factions in Canada has long bothered India and acted as a wedge between the two countries, experts say tensions have sharply escalated under Modi and Trudeau, with little prospect for resolution. https://web.archive.org/web/20260220140701/https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/29/india/clashes-hindu-sikh-canada-india-intl-hnk 20 February 2026 en David Charter Fafo diplomacy: How Colombia found out Trump meant business w:The Times https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/fafo-meaning-colombia-trump-tariffs-migrants-d6xhncq5z 2025-01-27 Fafo works with small trading nations such as Colombia because US markets could quickly adapt to the greater expense of its coffee, flowers and other exports. There will be a different order of chaos, though, if Trump follows through on tariffs on the EU (17 per cent of US imports), Mexico (15 per cent), China (14 per cent) or Canada (12 per cent). https://web.archive.org/web/20251230121554/https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/fafo-meaning-colombia-trump-tariffs-migrants-d6xhncq5z 30 December 2025 en January 13, 2026 Ben Blanchard Fabian Hamacher Taiwan thanks Canada for its support ahead of prime minister's China trip Sharon Singleton w:Reuters https://archive.ph/TCeKx Taipei (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/china/taiwan-thanks-canada-its-support-ahead-prime-ministers-china-trip-2026-01-13/ January 13, 2026 Taiwan President Lai Ching-te thanked Canada on Tuesday for its support during recent Chinese military drills and praised the deepening of ties between the two sides, shortly ahead of a visit to China by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. en en 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). en 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). en. Synonyms en America's Hat Canadia Canuckistan Dominion of Canada Great White North neighbor to the north People's Republic of Canada Soviet Canuckistan True North Leafland Derived terms en Province of Canada Revenue Canada Atlantic Canada en blame Canada Cronkhite-Canada syndrome Maritime Canada United Province of Canada en Canada balsam en Canada Bay Canada buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis species) en Canada Day Canada root en Canada Dry Canada dogwood bunchberry (Cornus canadensis species) en Canada East Lower Canada en Canada Games en Canada goldenrod en Canada goose, (Branta canadensis species) en Canada Indian en Canada jay grey jay Canada lily (Lilium canadense species) en Canada lynx (Felis canadensis species) Canada mayflower wild lily of the valley (Maianthemum canadense species) en Canada onion en Canada Pension Plan Canada plum (Prunus nigra species and its fruit) Canada poplar Carolina poplar (Populus × canadensis nothospecies) Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum species) en Canada Post en Canada Post Corporation Canada rice (Zizania palustris species or Zizania aquatica species) en Canadarm Canada robin cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum species) en Canada Savings Bond en Canada thistle (Circium arvense species) en Canada violet (Viola canadensis species) en Canada West Upper Canada Canada yew ground hemlock (Taxus canadensis species) en Canadian en Canadiana en Canadianism en Canadianize en Canadianist en Canadiano en Canadien en Canadienne en Canajan en Canajun Canadaboo Canadaphile Canadarian Canader Canado- Chinada Cuntada KKKanada Tranada United States of Canada en Central Canada Central Provinces en English Canada en French Canada en Lower Canada en O Canada en Upper Canada Canadaphobia Related terms en Canuck en Kanata en British North America Descendants chr ᎨᎾᏓ 1 fr canadair el καναντέρ it canadair ja カナダ 1 sh kanader Translations Q16 country in North America Abenaki: abe Kanada Abkhaz: ab Канада Afrikaans: af Kanada Akan: ak Kanada Albanian: sq Kanada f, sq Kanadaja f definite Amharic: am ካናዳ Arabic: ar كَنَدَا f, ar كَنَدَة f archaic Aragonese: an Canadá m Aramaic: arc ܩܢܕܐ qanadā Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܟܲܢܲܕܵܐ kānāda f, aii ܩܲܢܲܕܵܐ qānāda f Armenian: hy Կանադա Assamese: as কানাডা Asturian: ast Canadá m Azerbaijani: az Kanada Bashkir: ba Канада Basque: eu Kanada Belarusian: be Кана́да f Bengali: bn কানাডা Bislama: bi Kanada Blackfoot: bla Canada Breton: br Kanada Bulgarian: bg Кана́да f Burmese: my ကနေဒါ Buryat: bua Канада Catalan: ca Canadà Cebuano: ceb Canada Chinese: Cantonese: yue 加拿大 Eastern Min: cdo 加拿大 Hakka: hak 加拿大 Kâ-nâ-thai Hokkien: nan-hbl 加拿大 Ka-ná-tāi Mandarin: cmn 加拿大 Wu: wuu 加拿大 Chuvash: cv Канада Circassian: West Circassian: ady Канадэ Cornish: kw Kanada Cree: cr ᑳᓇᑕ Atikamekw: atj Kanata Montagnais: moe Kanata Northern East Cree: crl ᑳᐦᓈᑖᐦ kaanata Plains Cree: crk ᑳᓇᑕ kânata Czech: cs Kanada f Danish: da Canada n Dhivehi: dv ކެނެޑާ Dutch: nl Canada n Dzongkha: dz ཀེ་ན་ཌ་ Esperanto: eo Kanado Estonian: et Kanada Farefare: gur Kanada Faroese: fo Kanada n Finnish: fi Kanada French: fr Canada m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Kanada Galician: gl Canadá m Georgian: ka კანადა German: de Kanada n Alemannic German: gsw Kanada n Bavarian: bar Kanada Greek: el Καναδάς m Greenlandic: kl Kanata Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Kanatã, gug Kanatã Gujarati: gu કેનેડા Haitian Creole: ht Kanada Hausa: ha Kyanada f Kyanadà Hawaiian: haw Kanakā Hebrew: he קָנָדָּה f kánada Hindi: hi कनाडा m Hungarian: hu Kanada Icelandic: is Kanada n Ido: io Kanada Igbo: ig Canada Ilocano: ilo Canada Indonesian: id Kanada Ingrian: izh Kanada Interlingua: ia Canada Inuktitut: iu ᑲᓇᑕ Inupiaq: ik Canada, ik Kanata Inuvialuktun: ikt Kanata Kanata Irish: ga Ceanada m Italian: it Canada m Jamaican Creole: jam Kianada Japanese: ja カナダ Kanada, ja 加奈陀 Kanada Javanese: jv Kanada Kalenjin: kln k Kamba: kam Kanada Kannada: kn ಕೆನಡಾ Kapampangan: pam Canada Kazakh: kk Канада Khmer: km កាណាដា Korean: ko ^캐나다, ko ^가나다(加那陀), ko ^카나다 North Korea Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb کەنەدا Northern Kurdish: kmr Keneda Kyrgyz: ky Канада Lakota: lkt Uŋčíyapi Makȟóčhe Grandmother's [Queen Victoria's] country Lao: lo ການາດາ Latin: la Canada f Latvian: lv Kanāda f Limburgish: li Kanneda n Lingala: ln Kanadá Lithuanian: lt Kanada f Low German: German Low German: nds-de Kanada n Luo: luo Kanada Luxembourgish: lb Kanada n Macedonian: mk Канада f Malay: ms Kanada Malayalam: ml കാനഡ Maltese: mt Kanada il-Kanada f Manx: gv Canadey Yn Chanadey Marathi: mr कॅनडा Michif: crg Canada Mi'kmaq: mic Ganata Mohawk: moh Kaná:ta Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Канад Mongolian script: mn ᠻᠠᠨᠠᠳᠠ Nahuatl: nah Canauhtlān, nah Kanadan Nauruan: na Canada Navajo: nv Deeteel bikéyah Neapolitan: nap Canadà Nepali: ne क्यानाडा Norman: nrf Cannada m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Canada n, nb Kanada n Nynorsk: nn Canada n, nn Kanada n Occitan: oc Canadà m Odia: or କାନାଡ଼ା Ojibwa: Severn Ojibwa: ojs ᑲᓇᑕ kānata Ojibwe: oj Zhaaganaashiiwaki, oj Gaanada Oromo: om Canada Ossetian: os Канадӕ Pashto: ps کاناډا f kānāḍā Persian: fa کانادا kânâdâ Piedmontese: pms Canadà Polish: pl Kanada f Portuguese: pt Canadá m Punjabi: Eastern Punjabi: pa ਕੈਨੇਡਾ Western Punjabi: pnb کینیڈا, pnb کنیڈا m knaeḍā Quechua: qu Kanada Rarotongan: rar Kanata Romanian: ro Canada f Russian: ru Кана́да f Sami: Northern Sami: se Kanáda Samoan: sm Kanata Samogitian: sgs Kanada Sanskrit: sa केनडा Santali: sat ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱰᱟ Scots: sco Canadae Scottish Gaelic: gd Canada Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ка̀нада f Latin: sh Kànada f Sicilian: scn Canadà m Sindhi: sd ڪئناڊا Sinhalese: si කැනඩාව Slovak: sk Kanada f Slovene: sl Kȃnada f Somali: so Canada Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Kanada Sotho: st Kanada Spanish: es Canadá m Stoney: sto Wida Tâga Sundanese: su Kanada Swahili: sw Kanada Swedish: sv Kanada n Tagalog: tl Kanada Tahitian: ty Tanata Tajik: tg Канада, tg Конодо Tamil: ta கனடா Tatar: tt Канада Telugu: te కెనడా Tetum: tet Kanadá Thai: th แคนาดา Tibetan: bo ཁ་ན་ཌ Tigrinya: ti ካናዳ Tok Pisin: tpi Kanada Tongan: to Kānata Tsonga: ts Canada Turkish: tr Kanada Turkmen: tk Kanada Ukrainian: uk Кана́да f Urdu: ur کَینیڈا m, ur کَناڈا m Uyghur: ug كانادا Uzbek: uz Kanada Venetan: vec Canada Veps: vep Kanad Vietnamese: vi Ca-na-đa, vi Gia Nã Đại (vi 加拿大) Volapük: vo Kanadän Welsh: cy Canada Wolof: wo Kanadaa Yiddish: yi קאַנאַדע f Yoruba: yo Kánádà Zhuang: za Gyahnazda Zulu: zu IKhanada 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 en US informal A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger. en Belgium is France's Canada. 2015 The land of waffles, frites, chocolate, meat and, oh yes, culture Michael DeMocker http://www.nola.com/travel/index.ssf/2015/09/the_waffle_beast_of_bruges_tra.html The Times-Picayune Louisiana 1 See also References Jacques Cartier (1545), Relation originale de Jacques Cartier, Paris: Tross [1863], p 48. Central Nahuatl Etymology nhn :bor es:Canadá nhn es Canadá. Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn Canada Q16 Danish da: Etymology da :bor en:Canada fr:Canada da en,fr Canada, from da lre kanata village, settlement. Proper noun da proper noun da Canada Q16 Dutch nl: Alternative forms nl Kanada dated superseded Etymology nl :bor en:Canada fr:Canada nl en,fr Canada, from nl lre kanata village, settlement. The hamlet is attested as Canada in 1954. It was named after the country. Originally the name of a farmhouse. Pronunciation nl /ˈkɑ.naːˌdaː/ nl Nl-Canada.ogg nl Ca na da Proper noun n nl Canada Q16 nl hamlet mun/Ooststellingwerf p/Friesland c/Netherlands Derived terms nl Canadees nl Canadameer References Franco-Provençal frp: Etymology frp :bor fr:Canada frp fr Canada, from frp lre kanata village, settlement. Proper noun frp country cont/North America Canada French fr: Etymology fr :der lre:kanata From the fr lre kanata village, settlement. Pronunciation fr Fr-Canada.ogg Paris [da:dâ] Canada fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Simon Villeneuve-Canada.wav [ka.naˈdɑ] fr Qc-Canada.ogg [ka.naˈdɔ] fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Canada.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Canada.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Canada.wav France fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Canada.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Canada.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Canada.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>) Proper noun m fr Canada Q16 Derived terms fr bernache du Canada canadair canadianisation canadianiser canadianisme Canadien canadien décanadianisation décanadianiser gainier du Canada recanadianisation recanadianiser vergerette du Canada Descendants en Canada el καναντέρ it canadair sh kanader See also Italian it: Etymology 1 it :bor en:Canada fr:Canada it en,fr Canada, from it lre kanata village, settlement. Alternative forms it Canadà it dated Etymology 2 it :bor fr:Canada it fr Canada. Pronunciation Cànada Proper noun m it Canada Q16 Derived terms it canadese Latin la: Etymology la :bor en:Canada fr:Canada la en,fr Canada, from la lre kanata village, settlement. Pronunciation Canā̆da 0 Proper noun Canā̆da<1> la New Latin la Canada Q16 Ottavia la historical la a French <<colony>> in the <<territory:suf/New France>>, <<continent/North America>> Canada la:Quebecum la Nova Francia Usage notes The word is usually read as Cánada, which would point to the middle-vowel being short. Yet in the original lre kanata, we see the middle-vowel both stressed and long, which would thus yield Canāda. Declension Canā̆da<1.sg> Derived terms la canā̆dēnsis See also Norwegian Bokmål no: Etymology nb :bor en:Canada fr:Canada nb en,fr Canada, from nb lre kanata village, settlement. Proper noun nb proper noun nb Canada Q16 Derived terms nb kanadagås Related terms nb canadier, nb kanadier nb canadisk, nb kanadisk Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology nn :bor en:Canada fr:Canada nn en,fr Canada, from nn lre kanata village, settlement. Proper noun nn proper noun nn Canada Q16 Derived terms nn kanadagås Related terms nn canadiar, nn kanadiar nn canadisk, nn kanadisk Romanian ro: Etymology ro :bor en:Canada fr:Canada ro en,fr Canada, from ro lre kanata village, settlement. Pronunciation ro [kanada] ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Canada.wav Proper noun ro proper noun f ro Canada Q16 Declension Canadei Related terms ro canadian Sardinian sc: Etymology sc :bor en:Canada fr:Canada sc en,fr Canada, from sc lre kanata village, settlement. Proper noun sc Canada Q16 Scottish Gaelic gd: Etymology gd :bor en:Canada fr:Canada gd en,fr Canada, from gd lre kanata village, settlement. Proper noun m ~ - gd Canada Q16 gd Tha Loch Lùthaise ann an Canada. Lake Louise is in Canada. Mutation Further reading Swedish Proper noun n sv Kanada Canada Venetan vec: Etymology vec :bor en:Canada fr:Canada vec en,fr Canada, from vec lre kanata village, settlement. Proper noun vec: vec proper noun m vec Canada Q16 Welsh cy: Etymology cy :bor en:Canada cy en Canada. Pronunciation cy /ˈkanada/ cy-N cy /ˈka(ː)nada/ cy-S cy anada 3 Proper noun f cy Canada Q16 Coordinate terms Derived terms cy Canadiad cy Canadaidd Mutation