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This is a list of nicknames and slogans of cities in Canada.Many Canadian cities and communities are known by various aliases, slogans, sobriquets, and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national, or international scales, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
Newfoundland and Labrador. Official Nicknames/Slogans. "The Big Land" (Labrador) "The Rock" [18][4] Former Nicknames/Slogans. "Canada's Happy Province" – formerly used on its license plates from 1968 to 1974. "A World of Difference" – formerly used on its license plates from 1993 to 2001.
Cajun. (US) A person from Louisiana (mainly the southern portion of the state); derived from 'Acadian'. Canuck. A person from Canada. [9] Capixaba. People born in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo are called this nickname. Carioca. (Brazil) A person from the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Canuck / kəˈnʌk / is a slang term for a Canadian, though its semantic nuances are manifold. [1] Older sources often claimed the origins of the word as uncertain, [2] or related to the Iroquoian word for village (kanata), or other folk linguistic etymologies. Historical linguists consider it as "highly plausible" today that Canuck derives ...
Newfoundlander (also Newf or sometimes Newfy) is a colloquial term used by Canadians and others for someone who is from Newfoundland. Many Newfoundlanders consider "Newfie" as a slur first used by American and Canadian military forces stationed on the island. The term is also associated with jokes from the mid-to-late 20th century that depicted ...
ISO 639-3. –. Multicultural Toronto English (MTE) is a multi-ethnic dialect of Canadian English used in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), particularly among young non-white working-class speakers. [1][2][3] First studied in linguistics research of the late 2010s and early 2020s, [4][5][6] the dialect is popularly recognized by its phonology and ...
Newfoundland English is any of several accents and dialects of Atlantic Canadian English found in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Most of these differ substantially from the English commonly spoken elsewhere in Canada and North America. The dialects that comprise Newfoundland English developed because of Newfoundland's history and ...
At a general phonetic level, the Ottawa Valley twang of Irish-descended people is characterized by raising of /aɪ/ and /aʊ/ in all contexts, as opposed to the Canadian English's more typical "Canadian raising", which is context-dependent. [5] In terms of syntax, the twang features the use of "for to" in place of the "to" initiative.