English > Canada: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada. |
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| Category of | Department of Justice Canada, DoJC | An agency of the Canadian government that provides litigation and legal advice and opinions to the government |
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| Instance of | North American country, North American nation | Any country on the North American continent |
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| Member of | British Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations | An association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown |
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| British Empire | A former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO | An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security |
| Members | Canadian | A native or inhabitant of Canada |
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| Part of | North America | A continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama |
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| Parts | Alberta | One of the three prairie provinces in western Canada |
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| Arctic Archipelago | All the islands that lie to the north of mainland Canada and the Arctic Circle |
| Baffin Island | The 5th largest island and the largest island of Arctic Canada |
| British Columbia | A province in western Canada |
| Columbia, Columbia River | A North American river |
| Great Lakes | A group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America |
| Hudson Bay | An inland sea in northern Canada |
| Labrador-Ungava Peninsula, Labrador Peninsula | A peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea |
| Laurentian Plateau, Laurentian Highlands, Canadian Shield | A large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada |
| Mackenzie, Mackenzie River | A Canadian river |
| Manitoba | One of the three prairie provinces in central Canada |
| Maritime Provinces, Maritimes, Canadian Maritime Provinces | The collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | A Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea |
| Niagara, Niagara River | A river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario |
| Northwest Territories | A large territory in northwestern Canada |
| Nunavut | An Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit |
| Ontario | A prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada |
| Outaouais, Ottawa, Ottawa river | A river in southeastern Canada that flows along the boundary between Quebec and Ontario to the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal |
| Quebec | The largest province of Canada |
| Saint Lawrence, Saint Lawrence River, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River | A North American river |
| Saskatchewan | One of the three prairie provinces in west central Canada |
| Yukon, Yukon Territory | A territory in northwestern Canada |
| Yukon, Yukon River | A North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea |
| Region of | Canadian Security Intelligence Service, CSIS | Canada's main foreign / foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the Canadian government |
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| Communications Security Establishment, CSE | Canadian agency that gathers communications intelligence and assist law enforcement and security agencies |
| Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada, CISC | An agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies |
| Dominion Day, July 1 | A legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867 |
| Metis | A person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry |
| Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday, Poppy Day | The Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated |
| Security Intelligence Review Committee, SIRC | An agency of the Canadian government that oversees the activities of the Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada and has the power to intrude on the privacy of suspected terrorists or spies |
| Toronto | The provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada) |
| call centre | a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers) |
| centimetre | a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter |
| centre | a building dedicated to a particular activity |
| centre, nerve centre | a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process |
| centre | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
| centre, centre of attention | the object upon which interest and attention focuses |
| centre | the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering |
| centre | a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure |
| centre | an area that is approximately central within some larger / larger region |
| centre | a place where some particular activity is concentrated |
| centre | direct one's attention on something |
| centre bit | a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters |
| centre of buoyancy, centre of immersion | (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object |
| centre of curvature | the center of the circle of curvature |
| centre of flotation | the center of gravity of a floating object |
| centre of gravity | the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act |
| centre of mass | point representing the mean position of the matter in a body |
| centre spread | the spread at the center of a magazine |
| centre stage | the central area on a theater stage |
| centre stage | a position of prominence or importance |
| centreboard | a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward |
| centrefold | a magazine center spread |
| centrepiece | something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) |
| centrepiece | the central or most important feature |
| chequing account | a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand |
| city centre | the central part of a city |
| concentre | bring into focus or alignment |
| cubic centimetre | a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter |
| cubic decimetre | a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions |
| cubic kilometre | a unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge |
| cubic metre | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters |
| cubic millimetre | a metric measure of volume or capacity equal to a cube 1 millimeter on each edge |
| dead centre | the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque |
| decametre, dekametre | a metric unit of length equal to ten meters |
| decimetre | a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter |
| detention centre | a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily |
| dogsled, dog sled, dog sleigh | A sled pulled by dogs |
| epicentre | the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake |
| femtometre | a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter |
| hectometre | a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters |
| human-centred | marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare |
| kilometre | a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) |
| kilometres per hour | the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours) |
| metacentre | (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side |
| metre | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
| metre | the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) |
| metrestick | a rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters) |
| millimetre | a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter |
| myriametre | a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters |
| nanometre, micromillimetre | a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter |
| nerve centre | a center that provides information and control |
| picometre | a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter |
| pogy, pogey | money received from the state |
| returning officer | The official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results |
| self-centred | limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs |
| shopping centre | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers |
| square metre | a centare is 1/100th of an are |
| storm centre | the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm |
| storm centre | a center of trouble or disturbance |
| Spanish | Canada, Canadá |
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| Catalan | Canada, Canadà |
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| Adjectives | Canadian | of or relating to Canada or its people |
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