Canadian

[ kuh-ney-dee-uhn ]

/ kəˈneɪ di ən /

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adjective

of Canada or its people.

noun

a native or inhabitant of Canada.

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Origin of Canadian

First recorded in 1560–70; Canad(a) + -ian; compare French canadien

OTHER WORDS FROM Canadian

pro-Ca·na·di·an, adjective, nounpseu·do-Ca·na·di·an, adjective, nountrans-Ca·na·di·an, adjective

Words nearby Canadian

Canada lynx, Canada mayflower, Canada moonseed, Canadarm, Canada thistle, Canadian, Canadian Alliance, Canadian bacon, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian English, Canadian football

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How to use Canadian in a sentence

This sprawling case of US sanctions violations is ongoing and Meng, who says she is innocent of the charges, hopes her lawsuit against HSBC might help her convince Canadian courts to deny the US extradition request.
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s extradition fight moves to yet another jurisdiction|Annabelle Timsit|February 26, 2021|Quartz
While those born from January to March made up 28 percent of Canadian NHL players, they accounted for just 17 percent of Canadian All-Star or Olympic players.
Why Athletes’ Birthdays Affect Who Goes Pro — And Who Becomes A Star|Tim Wigmore|February 22, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
I also worked for the summer of 1968 aboard a Canadian geophysical research ship on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, surveying the ocean floor stripes of magnetism and gravity measurements, and conducting seismic tests.
Readers react to the history of plate tectonics, pandas rolling in poop and more|Science News Staff|February 21, 2021|Science News
Last month, authorities identified a wealthy Canadian couple who had posed as locals in a remote Indigenous community to take doses meant for elders.
Two young women in Florida ‘dressed up as grannies’ to get vaccinated, health official says|Meryl Kornfield|February 19, 2021|Washington Post

“It’s on a scale that hasn’t been done before,” said Pieter Cullis, the Canadian scientist and Acuitas chairman who is considered a godfather of lipid nanoparticle technology.
Why grandparents can’t find vaccines: Scarcity of niche biotech ingredients|Christopher Rowland|February 18, 2021|Washington Post
The focus here was on how fast oil would come out of the Canadian fields.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Jan. 4|PunditFact.com|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Therefore, we should—you guessed it—develop the Canadian tar sands and build the Keystone pipeline.
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline|Jay Michaelson|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That gays (and other liberals) should choose Canadian oil because Canada “has no laws prohibiting LGBT lifestyle.”
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline|Jay Michaelson|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Castro actually flew up to Montreal to be a pallbearer at the 2000 funeral of a beloved Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau.
Canada ♥ Cuba Just Got Complicated|Shinan Govani|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But, in Jamaica, Maurice Tomlinson was forced to flee his country after his marriage to his Canadian husband made front-page news.
A Quorum For Change: The Fight For Global LGBT Equality|Justin Jones|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We prefer the American volume of Hochelaga to the Canadian one, although both are highly interesting.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
No one has yet gone far enough down to test the depth of the veins in any Canadian mine.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones
The foregoing are all the Canadian mines now in work, as far as I have been able to learn, certainly all of any importance.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones
We lit our pipes and strolled over in silence to the men's quarters, and it was his odd Canadian expression "Gee whiz!"
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
Under the guise of apparent indifference his mind kept the Canadian under constant observation.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood

British Dictionary definitions for Canadian

Canadian

/ (kəˈneɪdɪən) /

adjective

of or relating to Canada or its people

noun

a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Canada

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