canadiano
canadiano is the alternative letter-case form of Canadiano.
Noun capitalized: Canadiano
Canadiano (countable and uncountable, plural Canadianos)
- A Canadian drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.
- Canadian roastery Kicking Horse Coffee is calling for cafés across Canada to rename the popular Americano as Canadiano on their menus.
The Kicking Horse Café in Invermere is said to have served Canadianos since its inception in 2008 but is now calling for a nationwide name change.2025 February 7, April Hawksworth, “Canadian cafés invited to rename Americanos to Canadianos”, in Global Coffee Report - As Canadians push back against U.S. tariffs and annexation threats, some cafes in Ottawa have renamed the 'Americano' to the 'Canadiano.'2025 March 9, “These Ottawa cafes are brewing up a Canadian twist on a classic”, in CBC
- Synonyms:
- cafe Canadiano, café Canadiano, caffe canadiano, caffè Canadiano, canadiano coffee, coffee Canadiano
- Canadian roastery Kicking Horse Coffee is calling for cafés across Canada to rename the popular Americano as Canadiano on their menus.
Synonyms of canadiano
- cafe Canadiano
- café Canadiano
- caffe canadiano
- caffè Canadiano
- canadiano coffee
- coffee Canadiano
Forms of canadiano
| plural | canadianos |
|---|---|
| plural | Canadianos |
| alternative form | canadiano |
Origin of canadiano
Blend of Canadian + americano; although it has been used previously for various coffee-based drinks, it gained popularity in Canada as a replacement term for americano in February 2025 in response to tariffs imposed on and calls to annex Canada by the second Trump administration. Some sources claimed that Kicking Horse Coffee in British Columbia was the origin of renaming "americano" as "Canadiano".
Questions about canadiano
- What does canadiano mean?
- Canadiano means a Canadian drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.
- What is canadiano the alternative letter-case form of?
- Canadiano is the alternative letter-case form of Canadiano.
- What part of speech is canadiano?
- Canadiano is a noun.
- What is the plural of canadiano?
- The plural of canadiano is canadianos.
Words near canadiano in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: canadiano (page history and authors); Canadiano (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.
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