Canada

Pronunciation: /ˈkænədə/

The English word “Canada” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.

Etymology

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.

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