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Canadian River
| a river flowing E from the Rocky Mountains in NE New Mexico to the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. 906 mi. (1460 km) long. |
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Can·a·da
 (kān'ə-də) Pronunciation Key
(click for larger image in new window) A country of northern North America. Originally inhabited by various Native American peoples, mainland Canada was explored by the English and the French beginning in the late 15th century. The French established the first permanent settlement at Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal) in 1605 but gradually lost control of eastern Canada, which was ceded to England in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. The Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867 and extended to the western provinces in 1905; Newfoundland formally joined the federation in 1949. The Statute of Westminster (1931) confirmed Canada's status as an independent nation within the Commonwealth. Ottawa is the capital and Toronto the largest city. Population: 32,600,000. Ca·na'di·an (kə-nā'dē-ən) adj. & n. Word History: Linguistically, mountains can be made out of molehills, so to speak: words denoting a small thing can, over time, come to denote something much larger. This is the case with Canada, now the name of the second-largest country in the world but having a much humbler origin. Apparently its history starts with the word kanata, which in Huron (an Iroquoian language of eastern Canada) meant "village." Jacques Cartier, the early French explorer, picked up the word and used it to refer to the land around his settlement, now part of Quebec City. By the 18th century it referred to all of New France, which extended from the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes and down into what is now the American Midwest. In 1759, the British conquered New France and used the name Quebec for the colony north of the St. Lawrence River, and Canada for the rest of the territory. Eventually, as the territory increased in size and the present arrangement of the provinces developed, Canada applied to all the land north of the United States and east of Alaska. |
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| canadian | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of or relating to Canada or its people |
noun | |
| 1. | a native or inhabitant of Canada |
| 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 |
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Canadian Lakes, MI (CDP, FIPS 13010)
Location: (43.582551, -85.305862)
Population (2000): 1,922 (1,624 housing units)
Area: 9.498864 sq mi (land), 1.161084 sq mi (water)
Canadian South, TX (CCD, FIPS 21190615)
Location: (35.775783, -100.212355)
Population (2000): 641 (332 housing units)
Area: 699.868613 sq mi (land), 2.339558 sq mi (water)
Canadian North, TX (CCD, FIPS 21190605)
Location: (35.910451, -100.396148)
Population (2000): 2,710 (1,216 housing units)
Area: 209.807846 sq mi (land), 0.040753 sq mi (water)
Canadian River Breaks, TX (CCD, FIPS 37590610)
Location: (35.423534, -101.864224)
Population (2000): 3,945 (1,700 housing units)
Area: 788.990063 sq mi (land), 11.594769 sq mi (water)
Canadian, OK (County, FIPS 017)
Location: (35.522312, -97.896337)
Population (2000): 87,697 (33,969 housing units)
Area: 899.714076 sq mi (land), 5.453685 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 74425
Canadian, OK (town, FIPS 11450)
Location: (35.175033, -95.654947)
Population (2000): 239 (114 housing units)
Area: 0.749454 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 74425
Canadian, AR (township, FIPS 09390633)
Location: (35.931685, -89.745571)
Population (2000): 484 (199 housing units)
Area: 53.699365 sq mi (land), 8.096151 sq mi (water)
Canadian, TX (city, FIPS 12412)
Location: (35.910701, -100.383760)
Population (2000): 2,233 (1,047 housing units)
Area: 1.290028 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
West Canadian, OK (CCD, FIPS 01793679)
Location: (35.601943, -98.197567)
Population (2000): 1,618 (638 housing units)
Area: 194.029484 sq mi (land), 0.751675 sq mi (water)
East Canadian, OK (CCD, FIPS 01790832)
Location: (35.483967, -97.740573)
Population (2000): 61,645 (23,250 housing units)
Area: 182.084142 sq mi (land), 2.356343 sq mi (water)
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Canadian
Ca*na"di*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Canada. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Canada. Canadian period (Geol.), A subdivision of the American Lower Silurian system embracing the calciferous, Quebec, and Chazy epochs. This period immediately follows the primordial or Cambrian period, and is by many geologists regarded as the beginning of the Silurian age, See the Diagram, under Geology.Cite This Source
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