Canada

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

• (Canada, UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈkænədə/

  • Audio (Canada):

    (file)

  • Audio (General American):

    (file)

  • Audio (UK):

    (file)

• (General American, Canada, /æ/ raising) IPA^(key): [kʰɛəɾ̃əɾə] ~ [kʰeənədə]
• Hyphenation: Can‧a‧da
• Homophone: Kannada (one pronunciation)

Canada (countable and uncountable, plural Canadas)

2. 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.

   • 2024 November 29, Lex Harvey, “Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2025 January 27, David Charter, “Fafo diplomacy: How Colombia found out Trump meant business”, in The Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 27 January 2025:

     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).

   • 2026 January 13, Ben Blanchard, Fabian Hamacher, “Taiwan thanks Canada for its support ahead of prime minister's China trip”, in Sharon Singleton, editor, Reuters‎^[3], sourced from Taipei (Reuters), archived from the original on 13 January 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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Canada.
3. (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).
4. (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).
5. A surname.

• Canuck
• Kanata
• British North America

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Canada is the 3616^th 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.

Canada (plural Canadas)

1. (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^[4], Louisiana: The Times-Picayune, page 1:

     Belgium is France's Canada.

• Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “Canada”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Jacques Cartier (1545), Relation originale de Jacques Cartier, Paris: Tross [1863], p 48.

Canada

1. Canada (a country in North America)

• Kanada (dated, superseded)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.naːˌdaː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ca‧na‧da

Canada n

2. Canada (a country in North America)
3. a hamlet in Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands

• Canadees
• Canadameer

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Canada ?

1. Canada (a country in North America)

From the Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

• IPA^(key): /ka.na.da/

  • Audio (Paris):

    (file)

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ka.na.da/ ~ /ka.na.dɑ/

  • Audio; [ka.naˈdɑ]:

    (file)

  • Audio; [ka.naˈdɔ]:

    (file)

• Audio (France (Paris)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Canada m

2. Canada (a country in North America)

• Canadà (dated)

Borrowed from French Canada.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.da/
• Rhymes: -anada
• Hyphenation: Cà‧na‧da

Canada m

2. Canada (a country in North America)

• canadese

From French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈnaː.da], [ˈka.na.da]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈnaː.da], [ˈkaː.na.da]

Canā̆da f sg (genitive Canā̆dae); first declension (New Latin)

2. Canada (a country in North America)
3. (historical) New France

First-declension noun, singular only.

The word is usually read as Cánada, which would point to the middle-vowel being short. Yet in the original Laurentian kanata, we see the middle-vowel both stressed and long, which would thus yield Canāda.

• canā̆dēnsis

Canada

2. Canada (a country in North America)

• kanadagås

• canadier, kanadier
• canadisk, kanadisk

Canada

2. Canada (a country in North America)

• kanadagås

• canadiar, kanadiar
• canadisk, kanadisk

• IPA^(key): [kanada]

• Audio:

  (file)

Canada f

2. Canada (a country in North America)

• canadian

Canada ?

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Canada m

2. Canada (a country in North America)

   Tha Loch Lùthaise ann an Canada.

   Lake Louise is in Canada.

Canada n (genitive Canadas)

1. dated spelling of Kanada (“Canada”)

Canada m

2. Canada (a country in North America)

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkanada/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈka(ː)nada/
• Rhymes: -anada

Canada f

1. Canada (a country in North America)

• Canadiad
• Canadaidd