Canadian
See also: canadian
English
Canadians
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈneɪdiən/, [kʰəˈneɪɾiən]
- Rhymes: -eɪdɪən
- Hyphenation: Can‧ad‧ian
Audio (CA) (file)
Adjective
Canadian (comparative more Canadian, superlative most Canadian)
- Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada or its people.
- (informal) Of, belonging to, or relating to Canadian English.
Synonyms
- Canajun, Canajan
- Canuck
- Canuckistani, Canuckistanian (slang, derogatory or humorous)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Anglo-Canadian
- Canadian Alliance
- Canadian Armed Forces
- Canadian bacon = back bacon
- Canadian Bill of Rights
- Canadian canoe
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Canadian English
- Canadian Eskimo Dog, Canadian Eskimo dog
- Canadian football
- Canadian Forces
- Canadian French
- Canadian studies
- Danish Canadian, Danish-Canadian
- Dano-Canadian
- Canadian horse
- Canadianisation
- Canadianise
- Canadianism
- Canadianist
- Canadianization
- Canadianize
- Canadian Shield
- Canadian Tire money
- Canadian whisky
- English Canadian, English-Canadian
- Franco-Canadian
- French Canadian, French-Canadian
- German Canadian, German-Canadian
- Germano-Canadian
- Norwegian Canadian, Norwegian-Canadian
- Norwego-Canadian
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Translations
of or pertaining to Canada
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of or pertaining to Canadian (the language), Canadian English
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Noun
Canadian (plural Canadians)
Synonyms
- Canajun, Canajan
- Canuck
- Canuckistani, Canuckistanian (slang, derogatory or humorous)
- hoser
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 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
- Danish Canadian, Danish-Canadian
- Dano-Canadian
- English Canadian, English-Canadian
- Euro-Canadian
- European Canadian, European-Canadian
- foreign-born 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
- Norwegian Canadian, Norwegian-Canadian
- Norwego-Canadian
- Ukrainian Canadian, Ukrainian-Canadian
- Ukraino-Canadian
Related terms
- Canadien (masculine), Canadienne (feminine) (directly borrowed from French)
Translations
person from Canada
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Proper noun
Canadian
- (informal) The English language (spoken or written) as used in Canada; Canadian English.
Translations
Canadian English
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Etymology 2
A name of uncertain origin. The city and town names are after the river.
Proper noun
Canadian
- 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.
- A town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
- A city in and county seat of Hemphill County, Texas.
See also
References
- “Canadian” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
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