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From the Saint-Lawrence Iroquoian canada (kanata), meaning village or settlement. See "Name of Canada" on Wikipedia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Canada
- A country in North America; official name: Canada.
- (historical) Lower Canada or Upper Canada, often "the Canadas". Also Canada East or Canada West.
Synonyms
- Canuckistan, Soviet Canuckistan
- Great White North
- neighbor to the north
Derived terms
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Related terms
- Canuck
- Kanata
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.
See also
- (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States (
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