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Canadians

US/kəˈneɪ.di.ənz/

Canadians is the plural of Canadian.

Meaning of Canadian

Noun

Canadian (plural Canadians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Canada.
    • Even the Canadians have gone to war against them! They never go to war against anybody!2021, Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth, William Heinemann, page 180
  2. (informal) Canadian national championship.
    • “If you look back 20 years ago, we were all playing in the Canadians and high-level cashspiels,” Shantz, 51, said Friday.2012 March 16, Monte Stewart, “Shantz takes on foes from yesteryear in quest for elusive national crown”, in Global News
  3. canoe (short for Canadian canoe, as opposed to kayak)

See all 12 meanings of Canadian

Phrases with Canadians

Words that rhyme with Canadians

Questions about Canadians

What is Canadians the plural of?
Canadians is the plural of Canadian.
How do you pronounce Canadians?
Canadians is pronounced /kəˈneɪ.di.ənz/ (US).

Words near Canadians in the dictionary

  1. Canadianizing
  2. Canadianly
  3. Canadianness
  4. canadiano
  5. canadianos
  6. Canadians
  7. Canadien
  8. Canadienne
  9. Canadiennes
  10. canadiens
  11. canadine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Canadians (page history and authors); Canadian (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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