canada

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

English

Etymology 1

From Portuguese canada, from Latin cannatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnɑːdə/

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

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

canada (plural canadas)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnaða̝/

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

• canado
• caneca

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “canada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “canada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• 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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈna.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈna.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈna.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈna.dɐ/ [kɐˈna.ðɐ]

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

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

Walloon

Etymology

From French truffe du Canada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.na.da/

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Noun

canada m (plural canadas)

1. potato