Ceanada

Irish

Etymology

From French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcanˠəd̪ˠə/

Proper noun

Ceanada m (genitive Ceanada)

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Declension

Declension of Ceanada (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Ceanada vocative a Cheanada genitive Ceanada dative Ceanada forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Ceanada genitive an Cheanada dative leis an gCeanada don Cheanada

Derived terms

• Ceanadach (“Canadian”, adjective)
• Ceanadach (“Canadian”, noun)
• Fraincis Cheanada f (“Canadian French”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ceanada

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Ceanada	Cheanada	gCeanada

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “Canada”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Ceanada”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm