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Canada vs Torontarian - What's the difference?

canada | torontarian |

As nouns the difference between canada and torontarian

is that canada is a small canyon; a narrow valley or glen while Torontarian is a Torontonian: a person from, or resident of, Toronto.

As a proper noun Canada

is a country in North America; official name: Canada.

As an adjective Torontarian is

torontonian: of, from, or pertaining to Toronto (the capital of Ontario, in Canada).

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

    * * * ----

    torontarian

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (very, rare) Torontonian: of, from, or pertaining to Toronto (the capital of Ontario, in Canada).
  • * 1997 , in British Journal of Canadian Studies , Volume 12, Issue 2, page 239:
    • This article is concerned with police relations with visible minorities in Toronto, an aspect of Torontarian society that has drawn the attention of other English academics (Todd and Todd 1992; Todd, 1992, 1993; Jackson 1993).
  • * 1998 January 20, "Steve" (username), " Re: Radiohead and Bjork????", in alt.music.radiohead, Usenet :
    • I live in London, Ontario, so I hope it will be ticketmaster... if not, would anybody Torontarian be willing to buy some tickets for me?

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (very, rare) A Torontonian: a person from, or resident of, Toronto.
  • * 1994' November 18, "an75098" (username), " Romantic Gay '''Torontarian (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)", in alt.personals.misc, ''Usenet .
  • * 2000 April 5, "Flare" (username), " Re: Milk carton: My nemesis", in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer, Usenet :
    • Oh now I feel like a limited Torontarian
  • * 2006 August 13, Craig Bennett, " Re: Perogies", in wpg.general, Usenet :
    • I shipped a couple dozen of them express to an ex-Winniper now Torontarian a number of years ago.
  • * 2007 , Tim Pooley, “The Uneasy Interface”, in Yuji Kawaguchi et al. (editors), Corpus-Based Perspectives in Linguistics , John Benjamins Publishing Company, ISBN 978-90-272-3318-9, page 175:
    • Chambers (2003: 107) gives the example of an interloper, an informant whose use of Canadian raising is atypical of Torontarians of his generation.