From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishCanadaCan‧a‧da /ˈkænədə/ a country in North America, north of the US, which is made up of ten provinces. Population: 34,568,211 (2014). Capital: Ottawa. Canada is the second largest country in the world. It is a member of the Commonwealth and it used to be part of the British Empire. Before that, part of it was governed by France, and its official languages are English and French. —Canadian /kəˈneɪdiən/ noun, adjective
