different between canada vs winterberry

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese canada.

Noun

canada (plural canadas)

1. (historical) A former liquid measure of four quartilhos, especially used for wine.

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 12th century in Medieval Latin documents. Either from Proto-Germanic *kann? (“can, tankard, mug, cup”), or from Latin canna (“canne”), and a suffix -ada. Cognate with English can, German Kanne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?naða?/

Noun

canada f (plural canadas)

1. (dated) A former liquid measure, usually of four cuartillos, especially used for wine and milk
   • 1390, Mª Luz Méndez Fernández (ed.), Contribución ó estudio dun libro das Tenzas da Catedral de Santiago, page 39:

     dúas cabaaças de vjño de senllas medias canadas et quatro capões

     two gourds of wine, each one containing half a canada, and four capons

2. a wooden or tin cylindrical jug, with spout and handle
   • 1373, Enrique Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 191:

     dous picheles dstanno grandes et dous pequenos et duas canadas grandes

     two large tin tankards and two small ones and two large jugs

Related terms

• canado
• caneca

References

• “canada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “canada” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “canada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “canada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “canada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From cana +? -ada, from Latin canna. Compare Spanish cañada.

Noun

canada f (plural canadas)

1. a blow with a cane
2. a rural pathway or lane between fields

   Synonym: carreiro

Etymology 2

From Latin cannata.

Noun

canada f (plural canadas)

1. a former liquid measure of four quartilhos (“pints”) (especially relating to wine)

Walloon

Etymology

From French truffe du Canada.

Noun

canada m (plural canadas)

1. potato

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

winter +? berry; from the berries' persistence throughout the winter.

Noun

winterberry (plural winterberries)

1. A species of holly native to the United States and Canada and producing red berries, Ilex verticillata.
2. The fruit of this plant.

Synonyms

• (plant): American winterberry, black alder, black alder winterberry, brook alder, coralberry, deciduous holly, deciduous winterberry, false alder, fever bush, inkberry, Michigan holly, possumhaw, striped alder, swamp holly, Virginian winterberry, white alder, winterberry holly

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