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カナダ Japanese meaning | Kotomora

カナダ

カ

ナ

ダ

Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun

Canada

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the country Canada.

カナダは広こう大だいな自し然ぜんで知しられている。
Canada is known for its vast nature.
来らい年ねん、カナダに留りゅう学がくする予よ定

てい

です

。

I plan to study abroad in Canada next year.

Written forms

カナダUsage100%
Standard katakana spelling for the country name.
加奈陀かなだ
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
Ateji spelling; rarely used in modern Japanese.

Kanji

加add, addition, increase
奈Nara, what?
陀steep

Etymology

From English 'Canada', via French, ultimately from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word 'kanata' meaning 'village' or 'settlement'.