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cañada
1[ kuhn-yah-duh, -yad-uh ]
noun
- a dry riverbed.
- a small, deep canyon.
Canada
2[ kan-uh-duh ]
noun
- a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). : Ottawa.
Canada
/ ˈkænədə /
noun
- a country in North America: the second largest country in the world; first permanent settlements by Europeans were made by the French from 1605; ceded to Britain in 1763 after a series of colonial wars; established as the Dominion of Canada in 1867; a member of the Commonwealth. It consists generally of sparsely inhabited tundra regions, rich in natural resources, in the north, the Rocky Mountains in the west, the Canadian Shield in the east, and vast central prairies; the bulk of the population is concentrated along the US border and the Great Lakes in the south. Languages: English and French. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: Canadian dollar. Capital: Ottawa. Pop: 34 568 211 (2013 est). Area: 9 976 185 sq km (3 851 809 sq miles)
Canada
- Nation in northern North America , bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Pacific Ocean and Alaska to the west, and the United States to the south. Its capital is Ottawa , and its largest city is Toronto . In area, Canada is the second largest nation in the world, behind Russia .
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Yes, we do typically do better than Europe (and Canada, too, which is frequently awful on this score).
The same picture emerges from middle class men in the U.S., Canada, and the Nordic countries.
In fact, Mexico buys and sells more US goods than any other country on the planet except for Canada.
That gays (and other liberals) should choose Canadian oil because Canada “has no laws prohibiting LGBT lifestyle.”
As southern California turns to desert western Canada could follow Oregon and Washington states as a contender in top class wines.
Our talk ranged from the Panhandle to the Canada line, while our horses jogged steadily southward.
The conclusion is reached that, despite these drawbacks, the Jesuit mission in Canada has made a hopeful beginning.
From Canada on the north, to Texas on the south, the hot winds had laid the land seemingly bare.
This particular kind, I am told, is at the present time only to be found in Canada and some parts of the States.
Metal buttons or pistons located on the toe piece of the pedal-board were introduced by the ingenious Casavant of Canada.
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