canada

From Portuguese canada, from Latin cannatus.

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnɑːdə/

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.

• quartilho (¹⁄₄ canada), pot (6 canadas), almude (12 canadas)

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

canada (plural canadas)

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

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.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnaða̝/

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

• canado
• caneca

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “canada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “canada”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “canada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “canada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “canada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Proto-North Iroquoian *-nat-.

canada

1. alternative spelling of kanata

• Henry Percival Biggar (1924), The Voyages of Jacques Cartier: published from the originals with translations, notes and appendices, F.A. Acland, page 245
• Charles Julian (2010), A history of the Iroquoian Languages‎^[2], University of Manitoba, page 514

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

canada f (plural canadas)

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

   Synonym: carreiro

From Latin cannāta.

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

• quartilho (¹⁄₄ canada), pote (6 canadas), almude (12 canadas)

• “canada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “canada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From French truffe du Canada.

• IPA^(key): /ka.na.da/

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canada m (plural canadas)

1. potato