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en-Can

en-Can is the abbreviation of Canadian English.

Meaning of Canadian English

Proper noun

Canadian English

  1. The variety of the English language used in Canada.
    • [p 49] Not so, however, is it with the modern refinements of our Canadian English. In referring to such a feat here, it would be said, not that he dived, but that he dove.
    • [p 52] These and a thousand other examples which might be produced, fully justify the use of the term “Canadian English,” as expressive of a corrupt dialect growing up amongst our population, and gradually finding access to our periodical literature, until it threatens to produce a language as...1857, Rev. A.C. Geikie, “Canadian English”, in Canadian Journal, v 2, n 11 (September), pp 344–55, reprinted in Elaine Gold and Janice McAlpine eds. (2010), Canadian English: A Linguistic Reader...
    Synonyms:
    CanE, Canuck, CE, en-Can

Questions about en-Can

What is en-Can the abbreviation of?
En-Can is the abbreviation of Canadian English.

Words near en-Can in the dictionary

  1. En'boodhoofinolhu
  2. En'boodhoofushi
  3. En'bulufushi
  4. en-
  5. en- -en
  6. en-Can
  7. en-caul
  8. en-dash
  9. en-masse
  10. En-p'ing
  11. en-papillote

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Adapted from Wiktionary: en-Can (page history and authors); Canadian English (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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