canadian

1. 1.

   a native or inhabitant of Canada

   BroaderNorth American

   NarrowerFrench CanadianNova ScotianQuebecois

   Part ofCanada
2. 2.

   a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma

   SynonymsCanadian River

   Broaderriver

   Part ofNew MexicoTexasOklahoma

1. 1.

   of or relating to Canada or its people

Other forms of canadian

plural

canadians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about canadian

What does canadian mean?

canadian means "a native or inhabitant of Canada". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in canadian?

canadian has 4 syllables: ca-na-di-an. The stress falls on "na". In IPA it is /kəˈneɪdiən/.

What is another word for canadian?

Close synonyms include Canadian River. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is canadian a common word?

canadian is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.