Canadaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Canada, 英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkænədə/
• (General American, Canada, /æ/ raising) IPA^(key): [kʰɛənəɾə] ~ [kʰeənədə]
• ハイフネーション: Can‧a‧da
• Homophone: Kannada (one pronunciation)

固有名詞

Canada (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 Canadas)

2. A country in North America.
   • 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 219:

     Father narrated the story of how Canada developed over a short period to surpass other countries, including Britain, from which it had emerged.

3. (historical) Lower Canada 1791-1840 (also Canada East 1840-1867, now province of Quebec) or respectively Upper Canada (Canada West, now province of Ontario), often “the Canadas” (または politically, “United Canada” 1840-1867).
4. (historical) (1608-1763) The most active province of New France. Nowadays corresponds to the territory of much of Quebec, Ontario, and several US states (aligning with the Saint Lawrence River かつ Ottawa River plains かつ Great Lakes plains, かつ Laurentian Mountains)
5. A surname.

同意語

• America's Hat (humorous)
• Canadia (mildly humorous)
• Canuckistan (humorous または derogatory)
• Dominion of Canada (historical)
• Great White North (くだけた用法)
• neighbor to the north (米国用法, くだけた用法)
• People's Republic of Canada (humorous または derogatory)
• Soviet Canuckistan (humorous または derogatory)

派生語

関連する語

• Canuck
• Kanata

派生した語

名詞

Canada (複数形 Canadas)

1. (US, informal) A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.
   • 2015, Michael DeMocker, The land of waffles, frites, chocolate, meat and, oh yes, culture‎^[1], Louisiana: The Times-Picayune, page 1:

     Belgium is France's Canada.

参考

• (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
• (provinces of Canada) province of Canada; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan ^{(Category: en:Provinces of Canada)}
• (territories of Canada) territory of Canada; Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon ^{(Category: en:Territories of Canada)}

参照

• “Canada” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Jacques Cartier (1545), Relation originale de Jacques Cartier, Paris: Tross [1863], p 48.

Latin

語源

From French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.da/, [ˈkänäd̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.da/, [ˈkäːnäd̪ä]

固有名詞

Canada f sg (genitive Canadae); first declension (New Latin)

2. Canada (a country in North America)
3. (historical) New France

語形変化

First-declension noun, singular only.

派生語

• canadēnsis