Canadian

See also: canadian

English
Canadians

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈneɪdiən/, [kʰəˈneɪɾiən]
  • Rhymes: -eɪdɪən
  • Hyphenation: Can‧ad‧ian
  • Audio (CA)(file)

Etymology 1

From Canada (noun) +‎ -ian (suffix forming adjectives and nouns).

Adjective

Canadian (comparative more Canadian, superlative most Canadian)

  1. Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada or its people.
  2. (informal) Of, belonging to, or relating to Canadian English.
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Noun

Canadian (plural Canadians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Canada.
  2. (sports, informal) Canadian national championship. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. (sports) canoe (short for Canadian canoe, as opposed to kayak)
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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
Translations

Proper noun

Canadian

  1. (informal) The English language (spoken or written) as used in Canada; 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

  1. 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.
  2. A town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
  3. 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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