Etymology Borrowed from French Canada, from the Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”) (compare Onondaga gana꞉dá꞉yęʼ), ultimately from Proto-North Iroquoian *-nat-. See also "Name of Canada" on English Wikipedia.
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US, Informal A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.
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canada
noun
/kəˈnɑːdə/
Etymology From Portuguese canada, from Latin cannatus.
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Historical A traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume equal to 1.7–2.1 liters depending on the area of Portugal, used particularly for wine.
Coordinate terms
quartilho (1⁄4 canada), pot (6 canadas), almude (12 canadas)