Canada
['kænədə]
Definition
(noun.) a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; 'the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world'.
Checker: Rupert--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A British province in North America, giving its name to various plants and animals.
Typist: Melba
Examples
- A serious occurrence that might have resulted in accident drove him soon after from Canada, although the youth could hardly be held to blame for it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In my way to Canada last spring, I saw dear Mrs. Barrow at New-York. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- There is also every reason to believe that the French colonists in Maryland and Canada let no great time elapse before importing tables and equipment into those colonies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There are three great series of strata beneath the Silurian system in Canada, in the lowest of which the Eozoon is found. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- O, certainly,--George Harris,--I know him well; he married a servant of my mother's, but has escaped, now, to Canada. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In Canada little remained to be done but to put the parts together and in position. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He made his way through the State of New York in wagons drawn by oxen to the remote and primitive township of Bayfield, in Upper Canada, on Lake Huron. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Entered, according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Two, by the Bradley-Garretson Co. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Britain circumvented the designs of France in America and acquired Canada, and got the better of France in India. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From Canada, after the episodes noted in the last chapter, he went to Adrian, Michigan, and of what happened there Edison tells a story typical of his wanderings for several years to come. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I then applied for a job on the Grand Trunk Railroad as a railway operator, and was given a place, nights, at Stratford Junction, Canada. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These include Germany, Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Japan and Canada. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The toboggan is constructed in Canada of flat laths. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- To Canada, said he, straightening himself up; and when I'm there, I'll buy you; that's all the hope that's left us. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I had a number of men survey a strip reaching from Lower Canada to North Carolina. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Checker: Marge