Canadian
- of, about, or relating to Canada and its inhabitants
proper noun
- person from Canada
- dialect of English
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kəˈneɪ.di.ən/ / [kʰəˈneɪ.ɾi.ən]
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-North Iroquoian *-nat- Laurentian kanatader. French Canadabor. English Canada Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Canadian From Canada (noun) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives and nouns).
- Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its culture, or people.
“After Trump spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in April 2017, the two sides offered vastly different accounts of what was discussed.”
- Of, belonging to, or relating to Canadian English.
- Of, belonging to, or relating to Canadian French.
name
Etymology: A name of uncertain origin. The city and town names are after the river, while the Australian suburb is named after an 1850's Canadian gold digger known as Swift.
- The Canadian River, a river in New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and Oklahoma in the United States, which is a tributary of the Arkansas River.
- A town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
- A city, the county seat of Hemphill County, Texas, situated on the Canadian River.
- A suburb of the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-North Iroquoian *-nat- Laurentian kanatader. French Canadabor. English Canada Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Canadian From Canada (noun) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives and nouns).
- A native or inhabitant of Canada.
“Even the Canadians have gone to war against them! They never go to war against anybody!”
- Canadian national championship.
““If you look back 20 years ago, we were all playing in the Canadians and high-level cashspiels,” Shantz, 51, said Friday.”
“"When we were playing in the Canadians (championships) other teams would come around to watch us do our warm-ups," son Jayme Hall said.”
- canoe (short for Canadian canoe, as opposed to kayak)