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Webster 1913 Edition


Canada


Ca-ña′da

,
Noun.
[Sp.]
1.
A small cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley.
[Local, Western U. S.]
Canada balsam
.
See under
Balsam
.
Canada goose
.
(Zool.)
Canada jay
.
Canada lynx
.
(Zool.)
See
Lynx
.
Canada lily
.
(Bot.)
a plant of eastern North America (
Lilium canadense
) having yellow or orange flowers with dark spots; called also
meadow lily
.
RHUD
Canada porcupine
(Zool.)
See
Porcupine
, and
Urson
.
Canada rice
(Bot.)
See under
Rick
.
Canada robin
(Zool.)
,
the cedar bird.

Definition 2024


cañada

cañada

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

English

Noun

cañada (plural cañadas)

  1. (US, dialect) A small canyon; a narrow valley or glen.
    • 1885, W.H.Hudson, The Purple Land
      In the cañada we stopped to water our horses, and there heard that the enemy were advancing along it at a rapid pace, evidently hoping to cut off our supposed retreat towards the Cuchilla.

Translations


Spanish

Etymology

From the Latin canna

Noun

cañada f (plural cañadas)

  1. ravine