cañada

¹ American  

[kuhn-yah-duh, -yad-uh] / kənˈyɑ də, -ˈyæd ə /

noun

Chiefly Western U.S.

1. a dry riverbed.

2. a small, deep canyon.

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Canada ² American  

[kan-uh-duh] / ˈkæn ə də /

noun

1. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Ottawa.

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Canada British  

/ ˈkænədə /

noun

1. 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)

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Canada Cultural  

1. 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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It is an ally of the United States, though conflict has arisen over environmental and trade issues. Each country is the other's leading partner in world trade (see North American Free Trade Agreement).

The border between Canada and the United States is the longest unguarded border in the world.

Canada has experienced recurring tension arising from a separatist movement in French-speaking Quebec province. In 1995, separatists were narrowly defeated in a referendum.

A French explorer founded Quebec in 1608.

Etymology

Origin of cañada

1840–50; < Spanish, equivalent to cañ ( a ) cane + -ada noun suffix

Example Sentences

OTTAWA—Canada is seeking to create 125,000 jobs and increase corporate revenue by billions annually by ensuring domestic firms receive priority from a sizable increase in defense spending.

From The Wall Street Journal

A new defense-industrial strategy from Prime Minister Mark Carney lays out a blueprint on how Ottawa intends to spend the tens of billions allotted to ensure Canada’s defense spending accelerates to reach 5% of economic output, or the threshold agreed to by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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“Canada has a long history of working closely with the United States and looks forward to a continued strong Canada-U.S. defense relationship,” the strategy said.

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“To ensure greater resiliency in uncertain times, Canada is also undertaking efforts to diversify and build new defense-industrial relationships.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Overall, Canada said the strategy would lead to the creation of 125,000 jobs, an increase in annual revenue among the country’s small- and medium-sized firms of C$5.1 billion, and a 50% increase in the country’s military exports.

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