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Canada


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  • Variants

    • Canada (Province)
    • Canadae
    • Ceanada
    • Chanada
    • Chanadey
    • Dominio del Canadá
    • Dominion of Canada
    • Jianada
    • Kʻaenada
    • Kanada (Dominion)
    • Ḳanadah
    • Kanadaja
    • Kanadas
    • Ḳanade
    • Kanado
    • Kanakā
    • Province of Canada
    • Republica de Canadá
    • Yn Chanadey
    • Καναδάς
    • Канада
    • קאנאדע
    • קנדה
    • كندا
    • کانادا
    • カナダ
    • 加拿大
    • 캐나다
  • Additional Information

    • Descriptor

        Country
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        Independent political entity
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        (aat) Countries (sovereign states)
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        (aat) Parliamentary democracies
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        (aat) Constitutional monarchies
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        (aat) Nations
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        (thesoz) Nation
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        (thesoz) National state
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        (eurovocen) State
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        (stw) State
    • Associated Locale

        North America
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        OECD countries
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        Commonwealth countries
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        English-speaking countries
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        French-speaking countries
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  • Sources

    • found: López Portillo, J. En Suecia y Canadá, 1980:t.p. (Canadá)
    • found: Medding, P. Maʻamadah shel Medinat Yiśraʼel be-shalosh ḳehilot dovrot Anglit, 1983:t.p. (Ḳanadah) added t.p. (Canada [in rom.])
    • found: LC data base, 02-28-95(hdgs.: Canada and Canada (Province))
    • found: Kage, J. Tsṿey hunderṭ yor fun Idisher imigratsye in Ḳanade, 1960:t.p. (Ḳanade [part. voc.]) t.p. verso (Canada [in rom.])
    • found: Ukraïnsʹko-anhliĭsʹkyĭ slovnyk biznesovykh terminiv, 1992:cover, p. 1 (Kanada, Canada)
    • found: NLC 06-22-94(Canada: In 1841 Upper Canada and Lower Canada united to become the Province of Canada. With confederation of July 1, 1867 the Dominion of Canada was created and the former Province of Canada was superceded by the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec; French forms: Haut-Canada, Bas-Canada, Province du Canada, Dominion du Canada)
    • found: Wikipedia, July 16, 2008(Canada. The French colony of Canada referred to the part of New France along the Saint Lawrence River and the northern shores of the Great Lakes. Later, it was split into two British colonies, called Upper Canada and Lower Canada until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841. Upon Confederation in 1867, the name Canada was adopted for the entire country, and Dominion was conferred as the country's title. It was frequently referred to as the Dominion of Canada until the 1950s. The Canada Act 1982 refers only to "Canada" and, as such, it is currently the only legal (and bilingual) name) Afrikaans site (Kanada) Alemannisch site (Chanada) Arabic site (كندا = Kanadā) Belarusian site (Канада = Kanada) Catalan site (Canadà) Greek site (Καναδάς = Kanadas) Spanish site (Canadá; Republica de Canadá; Dominio del Canadá) Esperanto site (Kanado) Farsi site (کانادا = Kānādā) Irish site (Ceanada) Manx Gaelic site (Yn Chanadey) Korean site (캐나다 = Kʻaenada) Hawaiian site (Kanakā) Hebrew site (קנדה = Ḳanadah) Japanese site (カナダ = Kanada) Scots Gaelic site (Canadae) Albanian site (Kanadaja) Chinese site (加拿大 = Jianada) Yiddish site (קאנאדע = Ḳanade) Yoruba site (Kánádà)
    • found: Wikipedia, July 6, 2018(Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state)
  • Editorial Notes

    • [URIs added to this record for the PCC URI MARC Pilot. Please do not remove or edit the URIs.]
    • [Includes the Old catalog headings: Canada and Canada (Province)]
    • [Non-Latin script references not evaluated.]
  • Change Notes

    • 1979-02-06: new
    • 2020-06-10: revised
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