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Canada

ca·nada

UK/kəˈnɑːdə/ US/ˈkænədə/ common informal us

noun

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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”

Origin

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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