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china | canada |

As nouns the difference between china and canada

is that china is (uncountable) the root of a climbing plant, smilax china l, once believed to have important medicinal properties or china can be (cockney rhyming slang|countable) mate (ie, friend) while canada is a blow with a cane.

china

English

(wikipedia China)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A country in East Asia, officially named the People's Republic of China ().
  • A region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
  • The civilization of the Chinese people.
  • (very rarely) A female given name.
  • Derived terms

    * China Hand * Chinaman * China syndrome * Chinese * sinophobia

    See also

    * * * * * Cathay * * all the tea in China * made in China

    Anagrams

    * (l) ----

    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

    References

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

    See also

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