Casselman's Canadian Words: A Comic Browse Through Words and Folk Sayings Invented by Canadians |
Common terms and phrases
aboriginal Acadian adjective Alberta Algonkian Algonkian language American ancient arctic Basque beaver Blackfoot borrowed botanical British Columbia Brunswick called Canada Canadian English Canadian French Canadian place Canadian place names canoe Canuck Cape Breton Island caribou century Chinook Jargon common Cree word detail from NAC early English word European explorer fish flower franglais Gaelic German Greek hockey human Huron Inuit Inuktitut Italian Kutchin Labrador Lake land Latin word linguistic literally live Manitoba Maritime means meant Mi'-Kmaq Montréal motto native Newfoundland Nootka North America northern noun Nova Scotia Ojibwa Ontario origin Ottawa Pacific pemmican phrase pioneer plant prairie Prince Edward Island province Québec Québécois referring river Roman root Russian Salish salmon Saskatchewan settlers shore Siwash slang snow Spanish takes its name term tongue toponyms Toronto town tree tribe Ukrainian Vancouver Island verb voyageurs Wendat west coast wild wind winter Yukon