Canada

ඉංග්‍රීසි

නිරුක්තිය

From ප්‍රංශ Canada, from the Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”). Cf Onondaga ganataa (village). See also "Name of Canada" on English Wikipedia.

උච්චාරණය

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

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

සංඥා නාමය

Canada (countable and uncountable, බහුවචනය Canadas)

2. A country තුළ North America.
   • 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.

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 River and Ottawa River plains and Great Lakes plains, and Laurentian Mountains)
5. A surname from ප්‍රංශ.

සමාන පද

• America's Hat (humorous)
• Canadia (mildly humorous)
• Canuckistan (humorous or derogatory)
• Dominion of Canada (historical)
• Great White North (informal)
• neighbor to the north (US, informal)
• People's Republic of Canada (humorous or derogatory)
• Soviet Canuckistan (humorous or derogatory)

ව්‍යුත්පන්න යෙදුම්

Derived terms

• Atlantic Canada
• blame Canada
• Canada balsam
• Canada buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis)
• Canada Day
• Canada Dry
• Canada dogwood = bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
• Canada East = Lower Canada
• Canada Games
• Canada goldenrod
• Canada goose, (Branta canadensis)
• Canada Indian
• Canada jay = grey jay
• Canada lily (Lilium canadense)
• Canada lynx (Felis canadensis)
• Canada mayflower = wild lily of the valley (Maianthemum canadense)
• Canada Pension Plan
• Canada plum (Prunus nigra and its fruit)
• Canada poplar = Carolina poplar (Populus × canadensis)
• Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
• Canada Post
• Canada Post Corporation
• Canada rice (Zizania palustris or Zizania aquatica)
• Canadarm
• Canada robin = cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
• Canada Savings Bond
• Canada thistle (Circium arvense)
• Canada violet (Viola canadensis)
• Canada West = Upper Canada
• Canada yew = ground hemlock (Taxus canadensis)
• Canadian
• Canadiana
• Canadianism
• Canadianize
• Canadianist
• Canadien
• Canadienne
• Canajan
• Canajun
• Central Canada = Central provinces
• English Canada
• French Canada
• Lower Canada
• O Canada
• Upper Canada

ආශ්‍රිත යෙදුම්

• Canuck
• Kanata

Descendants

• ප්‍රංශ: canadair
• ග්‍රීක: καναντέρ (kanantér)
• ඉතාලි: canadair
• Serbo-Croatian: kanader

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පරිවර්ථනන

country in North America

නාම පදය

Canada (බහුවචනය 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^[1], Louisiana: The Times-Picayune, page 1:

     Belgium is France's Canada.

ආශ්‍රිත

• සැකිල්ල:list:countries of North America/en
• සැකිල්ල:list:provinces of Canada/en
• සැකිල්ල:list:territories of Canada/en

මූලාශ්‍ර

• සැකිල්ල:R:Canadian Oxford 2004
• Jacques Cartier (1545), Relation originale de Jacques Cartier, Paris: Tross [1863], p 48.

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