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# canadian

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

«canadian» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Canadian means from or about Canada, the big country north of the USA. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canadian/#m1)
2. A Canadian is a person from Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canadian/#m2)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «canadian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canadian/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«canadian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/canadian.html) on Mova free.