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Taiwan vs Canada - What's the difference?

taiwan | canada |

As a proper noun taiwan

is taiwan (east asian country).

As a noun canada is

a blow with a cane.

taiwan

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun) (wikipedia Taiwan) (commonscat)
  • Common name for a country in East Asia. Official name: Republic of China, Its de facto capital is Taipei.
  • An island off the coast of mainland China, also known as Formosa since 16th century.
  • A claimed province of the People's Republic of China
  • Derived terms

    * Taiwanese

    Usage notes

    Taiwan'' and ''Taiwanese are both widely used as attributives, e.g. Taiwan/Taiwanese culture, the Taiwan/Taiwanese government, Taiwan/Taiwanese food, etc.

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    Anagrams

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    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.

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