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CANADA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada

Example:

the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

North American country; North American nation (any country on the North American continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Canada"):

Saint Lawrence; Saint Lawrence River; St. Lawrence; St. Lawrence River (a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic)

Ottawa; Ottawa river; Outaouais (a river in southeastern Canada that flows along the boundary between Quebec and Ontario to the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal)

Niagara; Niagara River (a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York)

Mackenzie; Mackenzie River (a Canadian river; flows into the Beaufort Sea)

Labrador-Ungava Peninsula; Labrador Peninsula (a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador)

Hudson Bay (an inland sea in northern Canada)

Great Lakes (a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America)

Columbia; Columbia River (a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring)

Yukon; Yukon Territory (a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s)

Saskatchewan (one of the three prairie provinces in west central Canada)

Quebec (the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British)

Yukon; Yukon River (a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea)

Ontario (a prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada)

Arctic Archipelago (all the islands that lie to the north of mainland Canada and the Arctic Circle)

Nunavut (an Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago)

Northwest Territories (a large territory in northwestern Canada; part is now Nunavut)

Newfoundland and Labrador (a Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea; became Canada's 10th province in 1949)

Manitoba (one of the three prairie provinces in central Canada)

British Columbia (a province in western Canada)

Alberta (one of the three prairie provinces in western Canada; rich in oil and natural gas and minerals)

Canadian Maritime Provinces; Maritime Provinces; Maritimes (the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)

Canadian Shield; Laurentian Highlands; Laurentian Plateau (a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean)

Baffin Island (the 5th largest island and the largest island of Arctic Canada; lies between Greenland and Hudson Bay)

Meronyms (members of "Canada"):

Canadian (a native or inhabitant of Canada)

Domain member category:

Department of Justice Canada; DoJC (an agency of the Canadian government that provides litigation and legal advice and opinions to the government)

Domain member region:

Metis (a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)

returning officer (the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results)

Dominion Day; July 1 (a legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867)

Poppy Day; Remembrance Day; Remembrance Sunday (the Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated)

Toronto (the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada))

Security Intelligence Review Committee; SIRC (an agency of the Canadian government that oversees the activities of the Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada and has the power to intrude on the privacy of suspected terrorists or spies)

CISC; Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada (an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies)

Communications Security Establishment; CSE (Canadian agency that gathers communications intelligence and assist law enforcement and security agencies)

Canadian Security Intelligence Service; CSIS (Canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the Canadian government)

dog sled; dog sleigh; dogsled (a sled pulled by dogs)

Holonyms ("Canada" is a part of...):

North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama)

Holonyms ("Canada" is a member of...):

British Commonwealth; Commonwealth of Nations (an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown)

NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security)

British Empire (a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand)

Derivation:

Canadian (of or relating to Canada or its people)

Domain member region:

cubic metre (a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters)

cubic millimetre (a metric measure of volume or capacity equal to a cube 1 millimeter on each edge)

dead centre (the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque)

decametre (a metric unit of length equal to ten meters)

decimetre (a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter)

dekametre (a metric unit of length equal to ten meters)

detention centre (a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily)

epicentre (the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake)

femtometre (a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter)

hectometre (a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters)

human-centred (marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare)

kilometre (a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles))

kilometres per hour (the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours))

metacentre ((shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship)

metre (rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration)

metre (the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards))

metrestick (a rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters))

micromillimetre (a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter)

millimetre (a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter)

myriametre (a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters)

nanometre (a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter)

nerve centre (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process)

nerve centre (a center that provides information and control)

picometre (a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter)

pogey; pogy (money received from the state)

self-centred (limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs)

shopping centre (mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace)

square metre (a centare is 1/100th of an are)

storm centre (the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm)

storm centre (a center of trouble or disturbance)

call centre (a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers))

centimetre (a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter)

centre (a building dedicated to a particular activity)

centre (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process)

centre (the object upon which interest and attention focuses)

centre (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience)

centre (the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering)

centre (a place where some particular activity is concentrated)

centre (a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure)

centre (an area that is approximately central within some larger region)

centre (direct one's attention on something)

centre bit (a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters)

centre of attention (the object upon which interest and attention focuses)

centre of buoyancy ((physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object)

centre of curvature (the center of the circle of curvature)

centre of flotation (the center of gravity of a floating object)

centre of gravity (the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass)

centre of immersion ((physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object)

centre of mass (point representing the mean position of the matter in a body)

centre spread (the spread at the center of a magazine)

centre stage (the central area on a theater stage)

centre stage (a position of prominence or importance)

centreboard (a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward)

centrefold (a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature)

centrepiece (something placed at the center of something else (as on a table))

centrepiece (the central or most important feature)

chequing account (a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand)

city centre (the central part of a city)

concentre (bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions)

cubic centimetre (a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter)

cubic decimetre (a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints))

cubic kilometre (a unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Researchers from Canada, South Africa and Italy have identified the new gene, called CDH2.

(Gene Causes Sudden Death in Young People, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

For the study, the researchers looked at past studies on NSAIDs from Canada, Finland and the United Kingdom.

(Common Painkillers Linked to Increased Risk for Heart Attack, VOA)

CWD has been gradually spreading in U.S. wildlife and is now found in 25 states as well as in Canada.

(Study finds no chronic wasting disease transmissibility in macaques, National Institutes of Health)

Those of the western, however, are unique to the waters between western Greenland and Canada.

(Lost Norse of Greenland fuelled the medieval ivory trade, ancient walrus DNA suggests, University of Cambridge)

A team of researchers from Denmark, the United States and Canada made the discovery while studying a solar storm that reached Earth on Feb. 19, 2014.

(Solar Storms Can Drain Electrical Charge Above Earth, NASA)

Researchers with the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC) and the University of Waterloo in Canada conducted the study of almost 700 pregnant Danish women.

(Omega-3 Fatty Acids Reduce Asthma Risk in Children by One-Third, VOA)

A Canadian province located on Canada's southeastern coast.

(Nova Scotia, NCI Thesaurus)

How about flying to Paris? Or in Italy, Venice, Sienna, or Rome? In the US, Carmel-by-the-Sea or Santa Barbara? In Spain, Seville, or in Canada, Victoria or Quebec City?

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

They recruited critically ill patients from pediatric intensive care units in the United States, Canada, France, Italy, and Israel.

(Fresh red blood cell transfusions do not help critically ill children more than older cells, National Institutes of Health)

The participants—from 18 European countries, Israel, and Canada—were mostly white individuals of European ancestry.

(Vitamin D Levels Predict Multiple Sclerosis Progression, NIH)