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  • Canlit
    Canlit
    noun
    literature, usually in English, written by Canadians or written in or about Canada.
  • CanLit
    CanLit
    acronym
    Canadian Literature

Canlit

American  
[kan-lit] / ˈkænˌlɪt /

noun

Canadian Informal.

  1. literature, usually in English, written by Canadians or written in or about Canada.

CanLit British  
/ ˌkænˈlɪt /

acronym

  1. Canadian Literature

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Etymology

Origin of Canlit

Can(adian) lit(erature)

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