Kanada

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kanada"

Languages (33)

English

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English

Proper noun

Kanada

1. Obsolete spelling of Kannada.
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (poetic, archaic) Canada.

References

• “Kannada”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Abenaki

Etymology

From French Canada or English Canada.

Proper noun

Kanada

1. Canada (a country in North America)

References

• Joseph Laurent (1884), New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 53

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English and French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

Proper noun

Kanada

1. Canada (a country in North America; capital: Ottawa)

Derived terms

• Kanadees

Basque

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-North Iroquoian *-nat-

Laurentian kanatader.

French Canadabor.

English Canadabor.

▲

French Canadabor.

Spanish Canadábor.

Basque Kanada

Borrowed from Spanish Canadá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanada/ [ka.na.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada, -a
• Hyphenation: Ka‧na‧da

Proper noun

Kanada inan

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Declension

Declension of Kanada (inan a-stem)

	indefinite
absolutive	Kanada
ergative	Kanadak
dative	Kanadari
genitive	Kanadaren
comitative	Kanadarekin
causative	Kanadarengatik
benefactive	Kanadarentzat
instrumental	Kanadaz
inessive	Kanadan
locative	Kanadako
allative	Kanadara
terminative	Kanadaraino
directive	Kanadarantz
destinative	Kanadarako
ablative	Kanadatik
partitive	Kanadarik
prolative	Kanadatzat

Derived terms

• kanadar (“Canadian”)

Further reading

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

Central Franconian

Proper noun

Kanada

1. (Kölsch) Canada (a country in North America)
   • 2007, das kölsche liedbuch, (Lund Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Köln), p. 12, song Dat Hätz vun dr Welt:

     Ich wor in Hongkong, USA, op Ibiza, Kanada
     doch dä Dom, dä es dat Schönste op dr Welt.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Кана́да (Kanáda).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ka‧na‧da

Proper noun

Kanada

1. Canada (a country in North America)

References

• “Kanada”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkanada]
• Hyphenation: Ka‧na‧da

Proper noun

Kanada f (relational adjective kanadský, demonym Kanaďan)

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Declension

Declension of Kanada (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Kanada
genitive	Kanady
dative	Kanadě
accusative	Kanadu
vocative	Kanado
locative	Kanadě
instrumental	Kanadou

Further reading

• “Kanada”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Kanada”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Kanada”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Estonian

Proper noun

Kanada

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Faroese

Etymology

Ultimately from the Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaːnata/
• Hyphenation: Ka‧na‧da

Proper noun

Kanada n

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Kanada
accusative	Kanada
dative	Kanada
genitive	Kanada

Finnish

Etymology

From English Canada, from French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑdɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝nɑ̝dɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑdɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ka‧na‧da
• Hyphenation^(key): Ka‧na‧da

Proper noun

Kanada

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Declension

Inflection of Kanada (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Kanada	—
genitive		Kanadan	—
partitive		Kanadaa	—
illative		Kanadaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Kanada	—
accusative	nom.	Kanada	—
	gen.	Kanadan
genitive		Kanadan	—
partitive		Kanadaa	—
inessive		Kanadassa	—
elative		Kanadasta	—
illative		Kanadaan	—
adessive		Kanadalla	—
ablative		Kanadalta	—
allative		Kanadalle	—
essive		Kanadana	—
translative		Kanadaksi	—
abessive		Kanadatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Kanada (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kanadani — accusative nom. Kanadani — gen. Kanadani genitive Kanadani — partitive Kanadaani — inessive Kanadassani — elative Kanadastani — illative Kanadaani — adessive Kanadallani — ablative Kanadaltani — allative Kanadalleni — essive Kanadanani — translative Kanadakseni — abessive Kanadattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kanadasi — accusative nom. Kanadasi — gen. Kanadasi genitive Kanadasi — partitive Kanadaasi — inessive Kanadassasi — elative Kanadastasi — illative Kanadaasi — adessive Kanadallasi — ablative Kanadaltasi — allative Kanadallesi — essive Kanadanasi — translative Kanadaksesi — abessive Kanadattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kanadamme — accusative nom. Kanadamme — gen. Kanadamme genitive Kanadamme — partitive Kanadaamme — inessive Kanadassamme — elative Kanadastamme — illative Kanadaamme — adessive Kanadallamme — ablative Kanadaltamme — allative Kanadallemme — essive Kanadanamme — translative Kanadaksemme — abessive Kanadattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kanadanne — accusative nom. Kanadanne — gen. Kanadanne genitive Kanadanne — partitive Kanadaanne — inessive Kanadassanne — elative Kanadastanne — illative Kanadaanne — adessive Kanadallanne — ablative Kanadaltanne — allative Kanadallenne — essive Kanadananne — translative Kanadaksenne — abessive Kanadattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Kanadansa — accusative nom. Kanadansa — gen. Kanadansa genitive Kanadansa — partitive Kanadaansa — inessive Kanadassaan Kanadassansa — elative Kanadastaan Kanadastansa — illative Kanadaansa — adessive Kanadallaan Kanadallansa — ablative Kanadaltaan Kanadaltansa — allative Kanadalleen Kanadallensa — essive Kanadanaan Kanadanansa — translative Kanadakseen Kanadaksensa — abessive Kanadattaan Kanadattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• kanadalainen

compounds

• kanadanhanhi
• kanadanhirvi
• kanadanilves
• kanadankerttuli
• kanadankuukkeli
• kanadankääpiöpäästäinen
• kanadanloikkahiiri
• kanadanmajava
• kanadannäätä
• kanadanpalsami
• kanadanpikkupäästäinen
• kanadanpuupiikkisika
• kanadansirri
• kanadansuomalainen
• kanadantylli
• kanadanvaivaishiiri
• kanadanvireo

Anagrams

• kaadan

Gagauz

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Кана́да (Kanáda).

Proper noun

Kanada

1. Canada (a country in North America)

German

Alternative forms

• Canada (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from English and French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkanada/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Kanada n (proper noun, genitive Kanadas or (optionally with an article) Kanada)

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Derived terms

• Bundesstaat Kanada
• Kanadabalsam
• Kanadagans (“Branta canadensis”)
• Kanadawaldsänger (“Cardellina canadensis”)
• Niederkanada
• Oberkanada
• Ostkanada
• Provinz Kanada
• Vereinigte Provinz von Kanada
• Westkanada

Related terms

• Kanadier
• kanadisch

Further reading

• “Kanada”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French Canada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanada/

Proper noun

Kanada

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Hungarian

Kanada

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒnɒdɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ka‧na‧da
• Rhymes: -dɒ

Proper noun

Kanada

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kanada	—
accusative	Kanadát	—
dative	Kanadának	—
instrumental	Kanadával	—
causal-final	Kanadáért	—
translative	Kanadává	—
terminative	Kanadáig	—
essive-formal	Kanadaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Kanadában	—
superessive	Kanadán	—
adessive	Kanadánál	—
illative	Kanadába	—
sublative	Kanadára	—
allative	Kanadához	—
elative	Kanadából	—
delative	Kanadáról	—
ablative	Kanadától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Kanadáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Kanadáéi	—

Possessive forms of Kanada

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Kanadám	—
2nd person sing.	Kanadád	—
3rd person sing.	Kanadája	—
1st person plural	Kanadánk	—
2nd person plural	Kanadátok	—
3rd person plural	Kanadájuk	—

Derived terms

• kanadai

See also

countries in North America: Észak-Amerika országai (appendix)edit

• Amerikai Egyesült Államok
• Antigua és Barbuda
• Bahama-szigetek
• Barbados
• Dominikai Közösség
• Dominikai Köztársaság
• Grenada
• Haiti
• Jamaica
• Kanada
• Kuba
• Mexikó
• Saint Kitts és Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent és a Grenadine-szigetek
• Trinidad és Tobago

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English Canada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanada/

Proper noun

Kanada

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Adjective

Kanada

1. Canadian (of, from or relating to Canada)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰaːnata]

Proper noun

Kanada n (proper noun, genitive singular Kanada)

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Declension

Declension of Kanada (sg-only neuter)

indefinite singular
nominative	Kanada
accusative	Kanada
dative	Kanada
genitive	Kanada

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Канада (Kanada).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑdɑ/, [ˈkɑnɑˑd]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑːdɑ/, [ˈkɑnˑɑːd̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑd, -ɑnɑːdɑ
• Hyphenation: Ka‧na‧da

Proper noun

Kanada

1. Canada (a country in North America)
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 123:

     Anglian päävladenjat ollaa India, Australia, Lounatafrikan sojuza, Kanada.

     England's main subjects are India, Australia, South African Union, Canada.

Declension

Declension of Kanada (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	Kanada	—
genitive	Kanadan	—
partitive	Kanadaa	—
illative	Kanadaa	—
inessive	Kanadaas	—
elative	Kanadast	—
allative	Kanadalle	—
adessive	Kanadaal	—
ablative	Kanadalt	—
translative	Kanadaks	—
essive	Kanadanna, Kanadaan	—
exessive1)	Kanadant	—
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Japanese

Romanization

Kanada

1. Rōmaji transcription of かなだ
2. Rōmaji transcription of カナダ

Karakalpak

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Кана́да (Kanáda).

Proper noun

Kanada

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	كانادا
Cyrillic	Канада
Latin	Kanada

Proper noun

Kanada

1. Latin spelling of Канада (Kanada): Canada (a country in North America)

Lithuanian

Kãnados vė̃liava
The flag of Canada

Kanadà

Etymology

Borrowed from French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈnɑːdɐ]
• Hyphenation: Ka‧na‧da

Proper noun

Kanadà f (uncountable, relational adjective kanãdiškas or kanadiẽtiškas, demonym kanadiẽtis, female demonym kanadiẽtė) stress pattern 2

1. Canada (a country in North America)

   Otavà yrà Kãnados sóstinė. ― Ottawa is the capital of Canada.

Declension

Declension of Kanadà

	singular
nominative	Kanadà
genitive	Kãnados
dative	Kãnadai
accusative	Kãnadą
instrumental	Kanadà
locative	Kãnadoje
vocative	Kãnada

See also

countries in North America: Šiáurės Amèrikos valstýbės (appendix)edit

• Antigvà ir̃ Barbudà
• Bahãmos
• Barbadòsas
• Dominikà
• Domini̇̀kos Respùblika
• Grenadà
• Hai̇̀tis
• Jamáika
• Jungti̇̀nės Amèrikos Valsti̇̀jos
• Kanadà
• Kubà
• Mèksika
• Sent Ki̇̀tsas ir̃ Nèvis
• Sent Lùsija
• Sent Vinseñtas ir̃ Grenadi̇̀nai
• Trinidãdas ir̃ Tobãgas

Further reading

• “Kanada”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
• “Kanada” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English Canada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kanada]
• Rhymes: -ada, -da, -a

Proper noun

Kanada (Jawi spelling کانادا)

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Maltese

Proper noun

Kanada f

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Derived terms

• Kanadiż

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-North Iroquoian *-nat-

Laurentian kanatader.

French Canadabor.

Polish Kanada

Borrowed from French Canada, from Laurentian kanata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈna.da/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: Ka‧na‧da

Proper noun

Kanada f (related adjective kanadyjski)

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Declension

Declension of Kanada

	singular
nominative	Kanada
genitive	Kanady
dative	Kanadzie
accusative	Kanadę
instrumental	Kanadą
locative	Kanadzie
vocative	Kanado

Derived terms

nouns

• Kanadyjczyk
• Kanadyjka

See also

countries in North America: kraje Ameryki Północnej (appendix)edit

• Antigua i Barbuda
• Bahamy
• Barbados
• Dominika
• Dominikana
• Grenada
• Haiti
• Jamajka
• Kanada
• Kuba
• Meksyk
• Saint Kitts i Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent i Grenadyny
• Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki
• Trynidad i Tobago

Further reading

• “Kanada”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Kanada”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Saterland Frisian

Proper noun

Kanada ?

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kânada/
• Hyphenation: Ka‧na‧da

Proper noun

Kȁnada f (Cyrillic spelling Ка̏нада, relational adjective kȁnadskī, demonym Kanáđanin, female demonym Kanáđānka)

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Usage notes

• In Serbia, it is often mispronounced Kanáda, by analogy with words such as balada, fasada, parada etc.

Declension

Declension of Kanada

	singular
nominative	Kȁnada
genitive	Kȁnadē
dative	Kȁnadi
accusative	Kȁnadu
vocative	Kȁnado
locative	Kȁnadi
instrumental	Kȁnadōm

Further reading

• “Kanada”, in “Etnici i ktetici”, in Hrvatski u školi‎^[4]

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanada/

Proper noun

Kanada f (genitive singular Kanady, declension pattern of žena)

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Declension

Declension of Kanada

	singulare tantum
nominative	Kanada
genitive	Kanady
dative	Kanade
accusative	Kanadu
locative	Kanade
instrumental	Kanadou

Related terms

• Kanaďan / Kanaďanka
• kanadský

Further reading

• “Kanada”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /káːnada/

Proper noun

Kȃnada f

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Kánada
genitive	Kánade
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Kánada
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Kánade
dative (dajȃlnik)	Kánadi
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Kánado
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Kánadi
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Kánado

Related terms

• Kánadčan / Kánadčanka
• kánadski

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Proper noun

Kanada

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Derived terms

• Mkanada

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Canada (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from English and French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanada/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Kanada n (genitive Kanadas)

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Derived terms

• kanadensisk
• kanadensiska
• kanadensare
• kanadagås
• kanadick

See also

• lönnlöv

countries in North America: Nordamerikas länder (appendix)edit

• Antigua och Barbuda
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Costa Rica
• Dominica
• Dominikanska republiken
• El Salvador
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Kanada
• Kuba
• Mexiko
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Saint Kitts och Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent och Grenadinerna
• Trinidad och Tobago
• USA

References

• “Kanada”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English and French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /kanaˈda/ [k̠ɐ.n̪ɐˈd̪a]
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkanada/ [ˌk̠aː.n̪ɐˈd̪a] (English influence)
    • Rhymes: -anada
• Syllabification: Ka‧na‧da

Proper noun

Kanadá or Kánadá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜇ)

1. Canada (a country in North America)
   • 1949, Sa kapakanaan ng kapayapaan at kaunlarang pandaigdig:

     Ang mga bansang naunang lumagda sa kasunduang ito ay ang Estados Unidos, Kanada, Inglatera, Pransiya, Olanda, Belhika, Norwega, Luksemburgo, Italya, Dinamarka, Islandiya at Portugal.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Turkish

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Kanada

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Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قنادا, قانادا, from English and French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanɑda/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Kanada

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Declension

Declension of Kanada

	singular
nominative	Kanada
definite accusative	Kanada'yı
dative	Kanada'ya
locative	Kanada'da
ablative	Kanada'dan
genitive	Kanada'nın

Possessive forms of Kanada

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Kanada'm	Kanadalarım Kanada'larım
senin (your)	Kanada'n	Kanadaların Kanada'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Kanada'sı	Kanadaları Kanada'ları
bizim (our)	Kanada'mız	Kanadalarımız Kanada'larımız
sizin (your)	Kanada'nız	Kanadalarınız Kanada'larınız
onların (their)	Kanada'sı Kanadaları Kanada'ları	Kanadaları Kanada'ları

Derived terms

• Kanadalı

See also

countries in North America: Kuzey Amerika ülkeleri (appendix)edit

• Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
• Antigua ve Barbuda
• Bahamalar
• Barbados
• Dominik Cumhuriyeti
• Dominika
• Grenada
• Haiti
• Jamaika
• Kanada
• Küba
• Meksika
• Saint Kitts ve Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent ve Grenadinler
• Trinidad ve Tobago

Yoruba

Kánádà

Etymology

Borrowed from English Canada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ká.ná.dà/

Proper noun

Kánádà

1. Canada (a country in North America)