canadian
/kəˈneɪ.di.ən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.70 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A native or inhabitant of Canada.
noun
name
An epoch from to million years ago, a subdivision of the Ordovician.
Example Sentences
- "After Trump spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in April 2017, the two sides offered vastly different accounts of what was discussed."
- "Even the Canadians have gone to war against them! They never go to war against anybody!"
- "“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."
- "“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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-North Iroquoian *-nat- Laurentian kanatader. French Canadabor. English Canada Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Canadian From Canada (noun) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives and nouns).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kəˈneɪ.di.ən/
- British English: /kəˈneɪ.di.ən/
Usage
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Phrases
Canadian Alliance
Canadian as maple syrup
Canadian bacon
Canadian Bill of Rights
Canadian canoe
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Canadian clipper
Canadian dainty