Word.ws English Dictionary

Canadiana

Canadiana noun: things, ideas, or activities distinctive of Canada or Canadians, especially works of literature and other cultural products.

Noun

Canadiana pl (plural only)

  1. (Canada, plural, plural-only) Things, ideas, or activities distinctive of Canada or Canadians, especially works of literature and other cultural products.
    • Some of the pieces wink slyly at traditional elements of Canadiana. Like up-and-coming designer Stephen Lindsay's coat hanger: two hockey sticks fused together.2007, Derick Chetty, "Made ... in Canada, eh!," Toronto Star, 30 Jun. (retrieved 25 Spe. 2008)

Origin of Canadiana

From Canadian + -ana or Canada + -iana.

Words that rhyme with Canadiana

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Canadiana

What does Canadiana mean?
Canadiana means things, ideas, or activities distinctive of Canada or Canadians, especially works of literature and other cultural products.
What part of speech is Canadiana?
Canadiana is a noun.

Words near Canadiana in the dictionary

  1. Canadian violets
  2. Canadian waterweed
  3. Canadian West
  4. Canadian yew
  5. Canadian yews
  6. Canadiana
  7. Canadianese
  8. Canadianess
  9. Canadianise
  10. Canadianising
  11. Canadianism

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Canadiana (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Canadiana.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/canadiana. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.