canada

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See also: Canada, cañada, Canadá, Canadà, and Ca-na-đa

English

Etymology 1

From Portuguese canada, from Latin cannatus.

Pronunciation

Noun

canada (plural canadas)

  1. (historical, measure) A traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume equal to 1.7–2.1 liters depending on the area of Portugal, used particularly for wine.
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

From Spanish cañada, from Latin canna (“cane”) + -ada (“-ed”).

Noun

canada (plural canadas)

  1. Alternative form of cañada (“a ravine, a gulley”).

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 12th century in Medieval Latin documents. Either from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“can, tankard, mug, cup”), or from Latin canna (“canne”), and a suffix -ada. Cognate with English can, German Kanne.

Pronunciation

Noun

canada f (plural canadas)

  1. (dated) A former liquid measure, usually of four cuartillos, especially used for wine and milk
    • 1390, Mª Luz Méndez Fernández, editor, Contribución ó estudio dun libro das Tenzas da Catedral de Santiago, page 39:
      dúas cabaaças de vjño de senllas medias canadas et quatro capões
      two gourds of wine, each one containing half a canada, and four capons
  2. a wooden or tin cylindrical jug, with spout and handle
    • 1373, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 191:
      dous picheles dstanno grandes et dous pequenos et duas canadas grandes
      two large tin tankards and two small ones and two large jugs

Related terms

References

  • “canada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “canada” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “canada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “canada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “canada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cañada”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From cana (“cane”) +‎ -ada (“-ing, -er: forming nouns related to striking”), from Latin canna. Compare Spanish cañada.

Noun

canada f (plural canadas)

  1. caning, a blow from a cane or rod
  2. trail, a rural pathway, especially between fields
    Synonym: carreiro

Etymology 2

From Latin cannāta.

Noun

canada f (plural canadas)

  1. (historical, measure) canada, Portuguese quart, a traditional unit of liquid volume equal to 1.3–2.1 liters depending on the area of Portugal, used especially for wine
Coordinate terms

Walloon

Etymology

From French truffe du Canada.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.na.da/
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Noun

canada m (plural canadas)

  1. potato
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