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Canada vs Belgium - What's the difference?

canada | belgium |

As a noun canada

is a blow with a cane.

As a proper noun belgium is

a country in western europe that has borders with the netherlands, germany, luxembourg and france.

canada

English

(wikipedia Canada)

Proper noun

(s)
  • A country in North America; official name: Canada .
  • (historical) Lower Canada (also Canada East) or Upper Canada (Canada West), often “the Canadas.”

    • Synonyms

    * America's Hat (humorous) * Canuckistan (humorous or derogatory) * Dominion of Canada (historical) * Great White North (informal) * neighbor to the north (qualifier) * People's Republic of Canada (humorous or derogatory) * Soviet Canuckistan (humorous or derogatory)

    Derived terms

    * Atlantic Canada * blame Canada * Canada balsam * * Canada Day * Canada Dry * = bunchberry Cornus canadensis * Canada East = Lower Canada * Canada Games * Canada goose, Branta canadensis * Canada jay = grey jay * * * * Canada Pension Plan * and its fruit * * Erethizon dorsatum * * Canadarm * * Canada Savings Bond * Canada thistle, * Canada violet, * Canada West = Upper Canada * * Canadian * Canadiana * Canadianism * Canadianize * Canadianist * Canadien * Canadienne * Canajun * Central Canada = Central provinces * French Canada * Lower Canada * O Canada * Upper Canada

    Related terms

    * Canuck * Kanata

    References

    * * Jacques Cartier (1545), Relation originale de Jacques Cartier] , Paris: Tross [1863, p 48.

    See also

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    belgium

    English

    (wikipedia Belgium)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France.

    • Synonyms

    * Kingdom of Belgium (official name)

    Meronyms

    * Wallonia * Flanders * Brussels-Capital Region * Brussels (capital city)

    Related terms

    * Belgian
    Usage notes
    When describing the country's monarch, he or she should not be called "King]] (or [[queen, Queen) of Belgium", but "King (or Queen) of the Belgians".

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