Definition of canada Canada
/kæˈnʌdʌ/ - [kanudu] - Can•a•da
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| canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world" | ||
| north america the nations of the North American continent collectively | ||
| british commonwealth, commonwealth of nations an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown | ||
| british empire a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand; "the sun never sets on the British Empire" | ||
| nato, north atlantic treaty organization an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security | ||
| baffin island the 5th largest island and the largest island of Arctic Canada; lies between Greenland and Hudson Bay | ||
| canadian shield, laurentian highlands, laurentian plateau a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean | ||
| canadian maritime provinces, maritime provinces, maritimes the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island | ||
| alberta one of the three prairie provinces in western Canada; rich in oil and natural gas and minerals | ||
| british columbia a province in western Canada | ||
| manitoba one of the three prairie provinces in central Canada | ||
| newfoundland and labrador a Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea; became Canada's 10th province in 1949 | ||
| northwest territories a large territory in northwestern Canada; part is now Nunavut | ||
| nunavut an Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago; "Nunavut is the homeland of the Inuit people" | ||
| arctic archipelago all the islands that lie to the north of mainland Canada and the Arctic Circle | ||
| ontario a prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada | ||
| quebec the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British | ||
| saskatchewan one of the three prairie provinces in west central Canada; "vast fields of wheat grow on Saskatchewan's prairies" | ||
| yukon territory, yukon a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s | ||
| columbia river, columbia a university town in central Missouri | ||
| great lakes a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America | ||
| hudson bay an inland sea in northern Canada | ||
| labrador-ungava peninsula, labrador peninsula a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador | ||
| mackenzie river, mackenzie a Canadian river; flows into the Beaufort Sea | ||
| niagara river, niagara a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York | ||
| ottawa river, outaouais, ottawa a river in southeastern Canada that flows along the boundary between Quebec and Ontario to the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal | ||
| saint lawrence river, st. lawrence river, saint lawrence, st. lawrence a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic | ||
| yukon river, yukon a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s | ||
| canadian a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- canada (n.)
A British province in North America, giving its name to various plants and animals.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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canada
A country in North America whose capital is Ottawa.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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canada
kan′ya-da, n. a narrow cañon. [Sp.]
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Canada is a country in the northern part of North America, bordering the United States of America.
Geography.
Canada is the second largest country in the world in land area after Russia and has the longest border with water (coastline) of any country in the world. It is next to the Pacific, Arctic, and Atlantic Oceans.
Around 33 million people live in Canada's ten provinces and three territories.
See: list of Canadian provinces and territories.
Canada covers 6 time zones. It extends from the west coast, across the prairies and central Canada, to the Atlantic provinces; in the north there are three territories, stretching between Alaska and Greenland. Four of the five Great Lakes (Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) are shared between Canada and the United States (Lake Michigan is wholly within the USA), and they make up 16% of the Earth's fresh water. The world's longest city street (Yonge Street in Toronto) is in Canada.
The St. Lawrence Seaway joins the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, allowing ocean going vessels to travel as far inland as Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada and Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
Canada shares land and sea borders with the USA (the lower 48 states and Alaska), Denmark (Greenland), and France (St. Pierre and Miquelon - a small group of islands off the southern coast off the Island of Newfoundland).
The geography of Canada is varied and has many extremes, from high alpine areas in the west, flat grasslands in the centre, and ancient shield rocks in the ea
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