canadian

canadian — adjective

IPA/kəˈneɪdiən/
KK[kənˈediən]IPA/kəˈneɪdiən/
  • canadianpositive
  • more canadiancomparative
  • most canadiansuperlative

1. from Canada, or having to do with Canada and the people who live there

1.adjectiveA2
Definition

from Canada, or having to do with Canada and the people who live there

Example

Yuna tried poutine for the first time at a Canadian restaurant in Seoul.

The Canadian winter can drop below minus thirty degrees in January.

attributive: Canadian + noun

Common collocations
  • Canadian citizen
  • Canadian government
  • Canadian border
  • Canadian accent
  • Canadian wildlife

Grammar Patterns

Canadian + noun

Common Mistakes

I visited the Canada embassy.
I visited the Canadian embassy.
Use the adjective 'Canadian', not the noun 'Canada', to describe things belonging to the country.

canadian — noun

IPA/kəˈneɪ.di.ən/
KK[kənˈediən]IPA/kəˈneɪ.di.ən/

Word family

Etymology

IroquoianFrenchEnglish

From Canada + the suffix -ian. The name Canada most likely comes from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word 'kanata,' meaning 'village' or 'settlement.' French explorer Jacques Cartier recorded the term in the 1530s, and it gradually spread to refer to the entire territory. The adjective and noun forms with -ian appeared in English by the mid-1700s.

First known use

1568

1568, in the meaning defined above