Canadian

Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its culture, or people.

Adjective

  1. 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. - 2018 July 24, Kaitlan Collins, “Exclusive: White House stops...
  2. Of, belonging to, or relating to Canadian English.
  3. Of, belonging to, or relating to Canadian French.

Origin

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).

Forms

more Canadian most Canadian

Synonyms

Canajun Canajan Canuck Canuckistani Canuckistanian

Antonyms

non-Canadian

Derived

Canadian Alliance Canadian as maple syrup Canadian bacon Canadian Bill of Rights Canadian canoe Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Canadian clipper Canadian dainty Canadian English Canadian Eskimo Dog Canadian Eskimo dog Canadian Falls Canadian football Canadian Forces Canadian French Canadian garlic Canadian hemp Canadian horse Canadianisation Canadianise Canadianism Canadianist Canadianization Canadianize

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. 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.
  2. A town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
  3. A city, the county seat of Hemphill County, Texas, situated on the Canadian River.
  4. A suburb of the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.

Origin

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.

Related

Canadian County

Proper noun informal

  1. The English language (spoken or written) as used in Canada; Canadian English.
  2. An epoch from to million years ago, a subdivision of the Ordovician.

Noun

  1. A native or inhabitant of Canada.
    • Even the Canadians have gone to war against them! They never go to war against anybody! - 2021, Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth, William Heinemann, page 180:
  2. 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. - 2012 March 16, Monte Stewart, “Shantz takes on foes from yesteryear in quest for elusive...
    • "When we were playing in the Canadians (championships) other teams would come around to watch us do our warm-ups," son Jayme Hall said. - 2015 December 19, Mary Caton, “A legend on LaSalle diamonds for decades”, in The...
    • “With it being Canadians, I’m just, a little bit, not as good as the top girls are,” she said, despite playing in the Canadians in Belleville in 2013. - 2017 September 21, Bill Doucet, “A scent of success for Hespeler...
  3. canoe (short for Canadian canoe, as opposed to kayak)

Forms

Canadians

Synonyms

Canajun Canajan Canuck Canuckistani Canuckistanian hoser

Related

Canadien Canadienne

Derived

aboriginal Canadian African Canadian African-Canadian Afro-Canadian American Canadian American-Canadian Anglo-Canadian anglophone Canadian Anglophone Canadian Arab Canadian Arab-Canadian Asian Canadian Asian-Canadian Asio-Canadian Dano-Canadian English Canadian English-Canadian Euro-Canadian European Canadian European-Canadian Franco-Canadian francophone Canadian Francophone Canadian French Canadian