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ñ岹

1

[kuhn-yah-duh, -yad-uh]

noun

Chiefly Western U.S.
  1. a dry riverbed.

  2. a small, deep canyon.



Canada

2

[kan-uh-duh]

noun

  1. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Ottawa.

Canada

/ ˈæəə /

noun

  1. a country in North America: the second largest country in the world; first permanent settlements by Europeans were made by the French from 1605; ceded to Britain in 1763 after a series of colonial wars; established as the Dominion of Canada in 1867; a member of the Commonwealth. It consists generally of sparsely inhabited tundra regions, rich in natural resources, in the north, the Rocky Mountains in the west, the Canadian Shield in the east, and vast central prairies; the bulk of the population is concentrated along the US border and the Great Lakes in the south. Languages: English and French. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: Canadian dollar. Capital: Ottawa. Pop: 34 568 211 (2013 est). Area: 9 976 185 sq km (3 851 809 sq miles)

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Canada

  1. Nation in northern North America, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Pacific Ocean and Alaska to the west, and the United States to the south. Its capital is Ottawa, and its largest city is Toronto. In area, Canada is the second largest nation in the world, behind Russia.

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It is an ally of the United States, though conflict has arisen over environmental and trade issues. Each country is the other's leading partner in world trade (see North American Free Trade Agreement).
The border between Canada and the United States is the longest unguarded border in the world.
Canada has experienced recurring tension arising from a separatist movement in French-speaking Quebec province. In 1995, separatists were narrowly defeated in a referendum.
A French explorer founded Quebec in 1608.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Canada1

1840–50; < Spanish, equivalent to ñ ( a ) cane + -ada noun suffix
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On Tuesday, while travelling back to the US from a G7 summit in Canada, he said he was "not too much in the mood to negotiate with Iran".

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Liverpool do not wish to sell the Canada international, who they signed for a club-record £210,000 last summer on a three-year deal, but they will have to fight to keep hold of her.

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Construction will also be hit hard by tariffs since sources of building materials include a significant level of imports from China, Mexico and Canada, the report outlined.

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Canada's G7 summit, under first-time host Mark Carney, had a carefully planned agenda.

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By Tuesday, much of the world's attention had shifted from the mountain resort in Canada's Rocky Mountains to the unfolding conflict in the Middle East and uncertainty as to the potential course of action by the US.

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