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# canadian

«canadian» in Mova's school dictionary: **from or about Canada, the big country north of the USA** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (Canadian); noun (a Canadian, Canadians)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Canadian means from or about Canada, the big country north of the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canadian/#m1)

2) A Canadian is a person from Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canadian/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons Canada is the second-largest country in the world, with two official languages, English and French; its capital is Ottawa and its symbol is the maple leaf. Canadian things include ice hockey, maple syrup and the Mounties. Phrases: Canadian dollar, Canadian flag, French Canadian.

### examples

- My cousin is Canadian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canadian/#x1)
- The Canadian flag has a red maple leaf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canadian/#x2)
- Canadians speak English and French. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canadian/#x3)
- We used Canadian dollars in Toronto. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canadian/#x4)
- Ice hockey is a popular Canadian sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canadian/#x5)
- She has a Canadian accent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canadian/#x6)
- Many Canadians live near the US border. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canadian/#x7)

### note

Always written with a capital C, like all nationality words: Canadian, not «canadian» (the lower case here is only the dictionary key). Stress: ca-NAY-dee-an. Country: Canada; person and adjective: Canadian.

### In the corpora

- [In the USA and Canada, football means American football (Canadian football in Canada).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «canadian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canadian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.