Canada

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈkænədə/|/ˈkanədə/    美 /ˈkænədə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger. US,informal
    — Belgium is France's Canada.
专有名词
  1. A country in North America. Capital: Ottawa. Largest city: Toronto. countable,uncountable
    — Father narrated the story of how Canada developed over a short period to surpass other countries, including Britain, from which it had emerged.
  2. 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). countable,historical,uncountable
  3. (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 and Ottawa River plains and Great Lakes plains, and Laurentians). countable,historical,uncountable
  4. A surname. countable,uncountable

词形变化

Canadas plural Canadas plural

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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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