Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Canada
  • abbreviation Canadian

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  • abbreviation Abbreviation of Canada.

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Examples

  • Re, "I'll check one of my old invoices but I'm sure they convert the metal price to canadian then add the additional fees below that subtotal in Can."

    The Great 2009 Bank Die Off Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2009

  • I'll check one of my old invoices but I'm sure they convert the metal price to canadian then add the additional fees below that subtotal in Can.

    The Great 2009 Bank Die Off Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2009

  • Kate McDonald, June 25, 1872; teacher Concord and Raleigh, 1865-69; teacher Belleville, Can., 1869-1919; superannuated 1919; author Canadian History; Civil war 1861-65; Presbyterian.

    Alumni History of the University of North Carolina 1793-1962 1924

  • Transferred to Camp Mills, then to Montreal, Can., to Halifax May 31st.

    Tar-Heel War Record (In the Great World War) 1918

  • Eastern synods draw up among their canons laws for monks, often merely enforcing the old rule (e.g. the Synod of Gangres in the middle of the fourth century, Can., xix, etc.).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • Archbishop Cleary, of Kingston, Can., recently distinguished himself by an ebullition of unchristian bile that will long be used as an excuse for the existence of the A.P.A. His utterances were a disgrace to his office.

    The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10 1905

  • Can., vol. XI, old ser., sec. 2, as an appendix to an article by Sir J.G. Bourinot on Parliamentary G.vernment in Canada.

    Lord Elgin Bourinot, John G 1903

  • Can., vol. VIII, sec. 2 (old ser.), and in separate form (Montreal, 1891).

    Lord Elgin Bourinot, John G 1903

  • Coast Guard helicopter helps man on Can. navy ship A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Port Angeles, Wash., went to the aid of a Canadian navy vessel near Washington's Clallam Bay, evacuating a 42-year-old man with chest pains.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • It means you can call the States, and / or long distance in Can., from your cell phone, for "free," as in no long distance charges, only airtime.

    CrunchGear 2009

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