canada

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim A country in North America. Capital: Ottawa. Largest city: Toronto.

   “Father narrated the story of how Canada developed over a short period to surpass other countries, including Britain, from which it had emerged.”

2. özel isim Lower Canada 1791–1840 (also Canada East 1840–1867, now province of Quebec) or respectively Upper Canada (Canada West, now province of Ontario), often “the Canadas” (or politically, “United Canada” 1840–1867).
3. özel isim (1608–1763) The most active province of New France. Nowadays corresponds to the territory of much of Quebec, Ontario, and several US states (aligning with the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa River plains and Great Lakes plains, and Laurentians).
4. özel isim A surname.
5. isim A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.

   “Belgium is France's Canada.”

6. isim Synonym of ravine: a gully, a narrow (often small) canyon.

   “In the cañada we stopped to water our horses, and there heard that the enemy were advancing along it at a rapid pace, evidently hoping to cut off our supposed retreat towards the Cuchilla.”

7. isim A traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume equal to 1.7–2.1 liters depending on the area of Portugal, used particularly for wine.
8. isim Alternative form of cañada (“a ravine, a gully”).