Ceanada

Irish

Etymology

From French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈcanˠəd̪ˠə/

Proper noun

Ceanada m (genitive Ceanada)

  1. Canada (a country in North America)

Declension
Declension of Ceanada

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Ceanada
Vocative a Cheanada
Genitive Ceanada
Dative Ceanada

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an Ceanada
Genitive an Cheanada
Dative leis an gCeanada

don Cheanada

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Ceanada Cheanada gCeanada
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “Canada”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • Entries containing “Ceanada” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
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