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Canada

Can·a·da

(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.

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.

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Canadian

(kəˈneɪdɪən)

adj

(Placename) of or relating to Canada or its people

(Placename) a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Canada

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Ca•na•di•an

(kəˈneɪ di ən)

adj.

1. of or pertaining to Canada or its inhabitants.

2. a native or inhabitant of Canada.

[1560–70]

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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 French North American - a native or inhabitant of North America bluenose, Nova Scotian - a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia Quebecois - 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 Oklahoma Canadian River Land of Enchantment, New Mexico, NM - a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border OK, Oklahoma, Sooner State - a state in south central United States Lone-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

كَنَدِيّ

Kanaďankanadský

canadiercanadisk

Kanadier kanadisch Kanadierin

καναδικός Καναδός

kanada

canadiense

kanadalainen

Canadien Canadienne

Kanađaninkanadski

kanadai

canadese

カナダのカナダ人

캐나다 사람캐나다의

Canadees

kanadier kanadisk

Kanadyjczyk kanadyjskiKanadyjka

canadense canadiano

canadian

канадец канадский канадцы канадка

kanadensiskkanadensare

เกี่ยวกับประเทศแคนาดาชาวแคนาดา

Kanada Kanadalı

канадецьканадієцьканадійськийканадський

người Canadathuộc nước/người Canada

加拿大人加拿大的

Canadian

[kəˈneɪdɪən]

A. ADJ → canadiense

B. N → canadiense mf

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Canadian

[kəˈneɪdiən]

adj → canadien(ne)

n → Canadien(ne) m/fCanadian French n (= language) → français m du Canada

Canadian

adj → kanadisch

n → Kanadier(in) m(f)

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Canadian

[kəˈneɪdɪən] adj & n → canadese (m/f)

Canadian

→ كَنَدِيّ Kanaďan, kanadský canadier, canadisk Kanadier, kanadisch καναδικός, Καναδός canadiense kanadalainen Canadien Kanađanin, kanadski canadese カナダの, カナダ人 캐나다 사람, 캐나다의 Canadees kanadier, kanadisk Kanadyjczyk, kanadyjski canadense, canadiano канадец, канадский kanadensare, kanadensisk เกี่ยวกับประเทศแคนาดา, ชาวแคนาดา Kanada, Kanadalı người Canada, thuộc nước/người Canada 加拿大人, 加拿大的

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Ned Land was a Canadian, with an uncommon quickness of hand, and who knew no equal in his dangerous occupation.

Who calls himself Canadian calls himself French; and, little communicative as Ned Land was, I must admit that he took a certain liking for me.

He related his fishing, and his combats, with natural poetry of expression; his recital took the form of an epic poem, and I seemed to be listening to a Canadian Homer singing the Iliad of the regions of the North.

"Wooden ships--that is possible," replied the Canadian, "but I have never seen it done; and, until further proof, I deny that whales, cetaceans, or sea-unicorns could ever produce the effect you describe."

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Departure of Captain Bonneville for the Columbia Advance of Wyeth Efforts to keep the lead Hudson's Bay party A junketing A delectable beverage Honey and alcohol High carousing The Canadian "bon vivant" A cache A rapid move Wyeth and his plans His travelling companions Buffalo hunting More conviviality An interruption.

It proved to be a small band in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company, under the command of a veteran Canadian; one of those petty leaders, who, with a small party of men, and a small supply of goods, are employed to follow up a band of Indians from one hunting ground to another, and buy up their peltries.

They talked over all the events of their late campaigns; but the Canadian veteran had been unlucky in some of his transactions; and his brow began to grow cloudy.

He was, in fact, a boon companion; as all veteran Canadian traders are apt to be.

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It was the fur trade, in fact, which gave early sustenance and vitality to the great Canadian provinces.

The Canadian traders, for a long time, had troublesome competitors in the British merchants of New York, who inveigled the Indian hunters and the coureurs des bois to their posts, and traded with them on more favorable terms.

They were wrapped in rich furs, their huge canoes freighted with every convenience and luxury, and manned by Canadian voyageurs, as obedient as Highland clansmen.

While the chiefs thus revelled in hall, and made the rafters resound with bursts of loyalty and old Scottish songs, chanted in voices cracked and sharpened by the northern blast, their merriment was echoed and prolonged by a mongrel legion of retainers, Canadian voyageurs, half-breeds, Indian hunters, and vagabond hangers-on who feasted sumptuously without on the crumbs that fell from their table, and made the welkin ring with old French ditties, mingled with Indian yelps and yellings.