Canadian

Canada

Can·a·da

C0058300 (kăn′ə-də) A country of northern North America. The original inhabitants of the region include the Inuit and First Nations. European colonists arrived in eastern Canada in the early 1600s, and the area was claimed by the French and then ceded (1763) to the English after the Seven Years' War. Confederation of the territories and provinces of British North America, which eventually included all land north of the United States, began in 1867 and ended with the addition of Newfoundland in 1949. The Statute of Westminster (1931) confirmed Canada's status as an independent Dominion within the Commonwealth. Ottawa is the capital and Toronto the largest city.

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Ca·na′di·an (kə-nā′dē-ən) adj. & n.Word History: Linguistically, mountains can be made out of molehills, so to speak: words denoting a small thing can, over time, come to denote something much larger. This is the case with Canada, now the name of the second-largest country in the world but having a much humbler origin. Apparently its history starts with the word kanata, which in Huron (an Iroquoian language of eastern Canada) meant "village." Jacques Cartier, the early French explorer, picked up the word and used it to refer to the land around his settlement, now part of Quebec City. By the 18th century it referred to all of New France, which extended from the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes and down into what is now the American Midwest. In 1759, the British conquered New France and used the name Quebec for the colony north of the St. Lawrence River, and Canada for the rest of the territory. Eventually, as the territory increased in size and the present arrangement of the provinces developed, Canada applied to all the land north of the United States and east of Alaska.

Canadian

(kəˈneɪdɪən) adj (Placename) of or relating to Canada or its peoplen (Placename) a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Canada

Ca•na•di•an

(kəˈneɪ di ən)

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Canada or its inhabitants. n. 2. a native or inhabitant of Canada. [1560–70]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Canadian - a native or inhabitant of Canada Canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"French Canadian - a Canadian descended from early French settlers and whose native language is FrenchNorth American - a native or inhabitant of North Americabluenose, Nova Scotian - a native or inhabitant of Nova ScotiaQuebecois - a native or inhabitant of Quebec (especially one who speaks French)
	2.	Canadian - a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in OklahomaCanadian RiverLand of Enchantment, New Mexico, NM - a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican borderOK, Oklahoma, Sooner State - a state in south central United StatesLone-Star State, Texas, TX - the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
Adj.	1.	Canadian - of or relating to Canada or its people

Translations

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