- Campsis (plant)
trumpet creeper, either of two species of ornamental vines of the genus Campsis (family Bignoniaceae, q.v.). Both are deciduous shrubs that climb by aerial rootlets. Campsis radicans, also called trumpet vine and cow itch, is a hardy climber native in eastern and southern United States; it produces
- Campsis grandiflora (plant)
trumpet creeper: The Chinese trumpet creeper (C. grandiflora) of eastern Asia is a poor climber but produces spectacular bunches of brilliant scarlet flowers.
- Campsis radicans (plant)
trumpet creeper: Campsis radicans, also called trumpet vine and cow itch, is a hardy climber native in eastern and southern United States; it produces terminal clusters of tubular, trumpet-shaped orange to orange-scarlet flowers (see photograph). The Chinese trumpet creeper (C. grandiflora) of eastern Asia is a poor climber but produces spectacular…
- camptosaur (dinosaur)
Camptosaurus, (genus Camptosaurus), large herbivorous dinosaurs found as fossils in western Europe and western North America that lived from the Late Jurassic Period (161.2 million to 145.5 million years ago) to the Early Cretaceous Period (145.5 million to 99.6 million years ago). Camptosaurus
- Camptosaurus (dinosaur)
Camptosaurus, (genus Camptosaurus), large herbivorous dinosaurs found as fossils in western Europe and western North America that lived from the Late Jurassic Period (161.2 million to 145.5 million years ago) to the Early Cretaceous Period (145.5 million to 99.6 million years ago). Camptosaurus
- Camptostoma imberbe (bird)
tyrannulet: …beardless tyrannulets of the genus Camptostoma. The northern form, C. imberbe, occurs north to Texas and Arizona (where it is called the beardless flycatcher), and the southern form, C. obsoletum, is found as far south as Argentina; their ranges meet in Costa Rica. The birds are called beardless for lack…
- Camptostoma obsoletum (bird)
tyrannulet: …flycatcher), and the southern form, C. obsoletum, is found as far south as Argentina; their ranges meet in Costa Rica. The birds are called beardless for lack of bristles at the corners of the mouth.
- Camptown (New Jersey, United States)
Irvington, township (town), Essex county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., bordering Newark to the east. Settled in 1666 as part of a land grant from Sir George Carteret, proprietor of New Jersey, it was known as Camptown until 1852, when it separated from Clinton township and was renamed in honour
- Camptown Races (song by Foster)
Stephen Foster: They include “Camptown Races,” “Nelly Bly,” “My Old Kentucky Home,” “Massa’s in de Cold, Cold Ground,” “Old Dog Tray,” “Old Black Joe,” “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair,” and “Beautiful Dreamer.”
- campū (literature)
South Asian arts: Period of the Tamil Cōḷa Empire (10th–13th century): From the 10th century on, campū narratives (part prose, part verse) became popular both in Kannada and in Telugu, as did renderings of the Sanskrit epics Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata and Jaina legends and biography.
- Câmpulung (Romania)
Câmpulung, town, Argeș județ (county), south-central Romania. It lies along the Târgului River at the foot of the Iezer and Păpușa mountains of the Transylvanian Alps. Originally it was a frontier post on a strategic road (now a highway) that crossed the Carpathians through Bran Pass in
- campus
garden and landscape design: Public design: Campus design begins when publicly accessible buildings grow into complexes of two or more, for religious, commercial, industrial, governmental, or educational use. Instead of or in addition to simple front-yard and backyard design, there are more complex systems of spaces between buildings, which vary from…
- Campus Antiwar Network (American organization)
Campus Antiwar Network (CAN), college- and university-based antiwar organization in the United States that was formed to protest the Iraq War (2003–11). During the lead-up to the Iraq War in late 2002 and early 2003, college and university students in the United States organized a series of
- Campus Martius (field, Rome, Italy)
Campus Martius, in ancient Rome, a floodplain of the Tiber River, the site of the altar of Mars and the temple of Apollo in the 5th century bce. Originally used primarily as a military exercise ground, it was later drained and, by the 1st century bce, became covered with large public
- Campus Vogladensis, Battle of (French history)
Alaric II: …in the battle of the Campus Vogladensis (Vouillé, in Poitou).
- Campus, Peter (American artist)
Bill Viola: …as Nam June Paik and Peter Campus. From 1974 to 1976 he was in Florence, working at an independent art video production facility, Art/Tapes/22. The Renaissance art that he was exposed to while living there became a major source of visual material for some of his later video productions. Another…
- Campus, The (work by Angell)
Robert Cooley Angell: Among his many works are The Campus (1928), which studies the undergraduate life of American universities; A Study of Undergraduate Adjustment (1930); The Family Encounters the Depression (1936); The Integration of American Society (1941); The Moral Integration of American Cities (1951); Free Society and Moral Crisis
- campylite (mineral)
mimetite: Campylite is any member of the pyromorphite-mimetite series distinguished by distorted crystals with curved faces. For detailed physical properties, see arsenate mineral (table).
- campylobacter (bacterium)
campylobacter, (genus Campylobacter), group of spiral-shaped bacteria that can cause human diseases such as campylobacter enteritis (campylobacteriosis), which begins abruptly with fever, headache, diarrhea, and significant abdominal pain. Campylobacter jejuni is the most common cause of
- Campylobacter (bacterium)
campylobacter, (genus Campylobacter), group of spiral-shaped bacteria that can cause human diseases such as campylobacter enteritis (campylobacteriosis), which begins abruptly with fever, headache, diarrhea, and significant abdominal pain. Campylobacter jejuni is the most common cause of
- campylobacter enteritis (pathology)
campylobacteriosis, a disease of cattle, sheep, and humans caused by bacteria of the genus Campylobacter. Vaccines are available against the disease in cattle and sheep. In humans, campylobacteriosis is the chief form of food poisoning. The disease is often contracted from contact with raw chicken.
- Campylobacter jejuni (bacterium)
nutritional disease: Foodborne illnesses: Campylobacter jejuni, found in raw or undercooked foods of animal origin, especially poultry, is responsible for more diarrheal illness throughout the world than any other bacterium. Travelers’ diarrhea is often caused by specific types of Escherichia coli bacteria, while other E. coli types cause much…
- campylobacteriosis (pathology)
campylobacteriosis, a disease of cattle, sheep, and humans caused by bacteria of the genus Campylobacter. Vaccines are available against the disease in cattle and sheep. In humans, campylobacteriosis is the chief form of food poisoning. The disease is often contracted from contact with raw chicken.
- Campyloramphys (bird)
scythebill, any of several birds of Central and South American tropical forests, belonging to the genus Campylorhamphus. The five species are woodcreepers (family Dendrocolaptidae, order Passeriformes), with long downcurved bills that are as much as one-third of the bird’s total length, which is
- Campylorhamphus (bird)
scythebill, any of several birds of Central and South American tropical forests, belonging to the genus Campylorhamphus. The five species are woodcreepers (family Dendrocolaptidae, order Passeriformes), with long downcurved bills that are as much as one-third of the bird’s total length, which is
- Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus (bird)
wren: species is the 20-cm cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) of southwestern deserts; it is more common in Mexico. Tiny wood wrens (Henicorhina) are found in tropical forests and the little marsh wrens (Cistothorus, Telmatodytes) in tropical and temperate wetlands. Exceptional singers include the Carolina wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) of the eastern…
- Camsay (China)
Hangzhou, city and capital of Zhejiang sheng (province), China. The city is located in the northern part of the province on the north bank of the Qiantang River estuary at the head of Hangzhou Bay. It has water communications with the interior of Zhejiang to the south, is the southern terminus of
- camshaft (engineering)
camshaft, in internal-combustion engines, rotating shaft with attached disks of irregular shape (the cams), which actuate the intake and exhaust valves of the cylinders. The cams and the camshaft are usually formed as a unit, with the cams set at angles so as to open and close the valves in a
- Camú River (river, Dominican Republic)
Camú River, river in north-central and northeastern Dominican Republic. Its headstreams rise in the Cordillera Central near La Vega. Other tributaries flow from the Cordillera Septentrional near Moca. The Camú, about 50 miles (80 km) long, flows generally eastward across the fertile La Vega Real
- Camulodunum (England, United Kingdom)
Colchester, town and borough (district), administrative and historic county of Essex, England. It occupies the northeastern part of the county on the River Colne. As Camulodunum, the town of Colchester was the capital of the pre-Roman Belgic ruler Cunobelinus and is so named on his coins. Although
- Camus, Albert (French author)
Albert Camus was a French novelist, essayist, and playwright, best known for such novels as L’Étranger (1942; The Stranger), La Peste (1947; The Plague), and La Chute (1956; The Fall) and for his work in leftist causes. He received the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature. Less than a year after Camus
- Camus, Marcel (French director)
Marcel Camus was a French motion-picture director who won international acclaim for his second film, Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) in 1958. The film was praised for its use of exotic settings and brilliant spectacle and won first prize at both the Cannes and Venice film festivals as well as an Oscar
- Camus, Renaud (French conspiracy theorist)
replacement theory: …the French writer and activist Renaud Camus. He argued that since the 1970s, Muslim immigrants in France have shown disdain for French society and have been intent on destroying the country’s cultural identity and ultimately replacing its white Christian population in retaliation for France’s earlier colonization of their countries of…
- CAN (American organization)
Campus Antiwar Network (CAN), college- and university-based antiwar organization in the United States that was formed to protest the Iraq War (2003–11). During the lead-up to the Iraq War in late 2002 and early 2003, college and university students in the United States organized a series of
- CAN (South American organization)
Andean Community, South American organization founded to encourage industrial, agricultural, social, and trade cooperation. Formed in 1969 by the Cartagena Agreement, the group originally consisted of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile; Venezuela joined in 1973 but withdrew in 2006, and
- Can (German musical group)
Kraftwerk: …included such innovative bands as Can, Faust, and Neu!, but Kraftwerk became the best known.
- Can a U.S. President Serve a Third Term?
Among legal scholars, pundits, and politicians, the most common answer to this question is no. According to this view, the Twenty-second Amendment (1951) to the Constitution of the United States effectively prohibits any twice-elected president from serving a third term; it also blocks a second
- Can Animals Predict the Weather?
Animals cannot predict the weather in the ways that humans do. However, animals can sense changes in the weather that humans cannot. According to experts, animals possess an extraordinary ability to detect subtle shifts in their environment, from fluctuations in atmospheric pressure to seasonal and
- Can automatic bill pay and other tools help you put your money on autopilot?
Money management can seem daunting. Life holds so many things to remember and keep track of—it might feel like the deck is stacked against you. But there are several things you can do to put at least some of your finances on autopilot. Automatic bill pay, scheduled transfers, a good budgeting app,
- Can Dialectics Break Bricks? (film by Edwards [1973])
Situationist International: …peut-elle casser des briques? (1973; Can Dialectics Break Bricks?) serves as a prime example of détournement in action. Viénet took an already existing Hong Kong martial arts film and replaced its dialogue, changing the meaning of the original story into a newly “detourned” film about the politicized proletariat training to…
- Can Grande’s Castle (work by Lowell)
polyphonic prose: …its techniques in her book Can Grande’s Castle (1918).
- Can Hasan (ancient site, Turkey)
Anatolia: The Chalcolithic Period: At Hacılar and Can Hasan, the heavy ground-floor chambers of these houses had no doorways and were evidently entered by ladders from a more fragile upper story. Improvements in architecture at this period, however, can be seen at Mersin, where one of its later phases is represented by…
- Can Poetry Matter? (essay by Gioia)
Dana Gioia: …Monthly the controversial article “Can Poetry Matter?” In it he questioned the state of poetry’s readership and proposed ideas to revive public interest in poetry in general. His assertion that poetry was being read only by scholars caused debate among literary circles as to the role of poetry in…
- Can Salamanders Regrow Body Parts?
Salamanders are renowned for their remarkable ability to regenerate lost limbs. When a salamander loses a limb, the tissues at the stump undergo a fascinating transformation. They dedifferentiate, meaning they lose their specialized characteristics and revert to a more embryonic state. This process
- Can Tho (Vietnam)
Can Tho, city and province-level municipality, southern Vietnam. Situated on the left bank of the Hau Giang River, 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), it is an industrial centre and the largest city of the flat delta region of the Mekong River, which includes the Ca
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? (film by Heller [2018])
Melissa McCarthy: Roles from the late 2010s: …celebrity biographer Lee Israel in Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018). In The Kitchen (2019) McCarthy joined an all-star female cast playing a trio of mob wives who take over their husbands’ work in 1970s New York City.
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight (song by John and Rice)
Elton John: …Lion King (1994), and “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” won the Academy Award for best original song; the movie was adapted into a Broadway musical in 1997 (see The Lion King). The same year, a new version of his 1973 song “Candle in the Wind,” revised by Taupin…
- Can You Forgive Her? (novel by Trollope)
Can You Forgive Her?, novel by Anthony Trollope, published serially in 1864–65 and in two volumes in 1864–65. The work was the first of his Palliser novels, named for the character of Plantagenet Palliser, who is introduced in this novel. It tells the interwoven stories of two women, Alice Vavasor
- Can you have multiple traditional and Roth IRAs? What if you also contribute to a 401(k)?
Tax-advantaged retirement accounts can help you build wealth for the future and improve your chances of a comfortable retirement. That can make it tempting to open multiple IRAs, including Roth IRAs, which offer a strategy for tax-free retirement income. But can you have multiple Roth IRAs in
- Can’t and Won’t (short stories by Davis)
Lydia Davis: …book of new short stories, Can’t and Won’t, in 2014. In addition to stories, she published a novel, The End of the Story (1995), in which a writer tries to make sense of a breakup with a boyfriend by writing a novel about it. The narrative incorporates elements from Davis’s…
- Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game? (work by Breslin)
Jimmy Breslin: …the 1962 New York Mets, Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game? (1963), became a best seller and led to a job as a news columnist for the New York Herald Tribune, where he was regarded as one of the pioneers of New Journalism. Later, as a syndicated columnist and contributor…
- Can’t Be Tamed (album by Cyrus)
Miley Cyrus: Hannah Montana and early music career: ,” and the full-length album Can’t Be Tamed (2010). In addition, she took starring movie roles in the romantic drama The Last Song (2010) and the low-budget coming-of-age tale LOL (2012).
- Can’t Buy a Thrill (album by Steely Dan)
Steely Dan: …Dias, emerging in 1972 with Can’t Buy a Thrill. To everyone’s surprise, Steely Dan’s debut album spawned the hits “Do It Again” and “Reelin’ in the Years.” By the time Fagen and Becker finished their second album, Countdown to Ecstasy (1973), they had sacked vocalist David Palmer, leaving Fagen as…
- Can’t Fight the Moonlight (song by Warren)
LeAnn Rimes: …2000 film Coyote Ugly, “Can’t Fight the Moonlight,” and the single was a hit. Rimes’s 2007 release Family showcased her talents as a songwriter and pushed her total album sales over the 37 million mark. On Lady & Gentlemen (2011), she interpreted songs by male country artists. Her later…
- Can’t Help Falling in Love (song by Weiss)
Norman Taurog: Elvis movies: …with the signature tune “Can’t Help Falling in Love”; Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), which featured “Return to Sender”; and It Happened at the World’s Fair (1963), with Presley performing at the Seattle World’s Fair. Although they were box-office successes, critics derided the films as formulaic and musically uninspired.
- Can’t Slow Down (album by Richie)
Lionel Richie: …Me” (1985)—and two more albums: Can’t Slow Down (1983) and Dancing on the Ceiling (1986). Can’t Slow Down not only won a Grammy Award for album of the year but became and long remained one of Motown’s best-selling albums. In 1985 Richie wrote “We Are the World” with pop icon…
- Can’t Take Me Home (album by Pink)
Pink: Her first album, Can’t Take Me Home, was released in 2000. The album was geared toward teenagers and featured pop and dance songs. “Most Girls,” “You Make Me Sick,” and “There You Go” were especially popular. Pink’s next album, M!ssundaztood (2001), had an edgier rock vibe. It produced…
- Can-Am Cup (auto-racing trophy)
Canadian-American Challenge Cup, trophy of a series of automobile races that took place annually from 1966 to 1975 and from 1977 to 1986. It was sponsored jointly by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and the Canadian Automobile Sports Committee (CASC). Entries were two-seater sports and racing
- Can-Can (film by Lang [1960])
Maurice Chevalier: His later motion pictures included Can-Can (1960) and Fanny (1961). In 1958 Chevalier received an honorary Academy Award for his more than 50 years of contributions to the entertainment field.
- Can-Can (musical by Porter)
cancan: …and Cole Porter’s musical comedy Can-Can (1953). It can also be seen in films such as John Huston’s Moulin Rouge (1952), a fictional account of the life of the artist perhaps most commonly associated with Montmartre, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; Jean Renoir’s classic French Cancan (1955); and Baz Luhrmann’s
- CANA
Peter Akinola: …the Nigerian church established the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA) to provide a way for congregations that were alienated by the actions of the Episcopal Church to retain fellowship with the Anglican Communion. CANA’s first missionary bishop, Martyn Minns of Virginia, was installed in May 2007 against the…
- Cana (people)
South American Indian: Chiefdoms of the northern Andes and the circum-Caribbean: Páez, Puruhá, Cana, and Palta of the northern Andes; the Jirajara and their neighbours, the Caquetío, Palenque, and Cumanagoto of northern Venezuela; and the Arawakan Taino of the Greater Antilles.
- Canaã (work by Graça Aranha)
Brazilian literature: Modernismo and regionalism: …Graça Aranha wrote Canaã (1902; Canaan), a novel that examines immigration to Brazil in view of the polemical issues of race and ethnicity as these influence notions of nationalist purity and pride. The novel’s narration takes the form of a dialogue between two German immigrants. In it “Aryan purity” is…
- Canaan (work by Graça Aranha)
Brazilian literature: Modernismo and regionalism: …Graça Aranha wrote Canaã (1902; Canaan), a novel that examines immigration to Brazil in view of the polemical issues of race and ethnicity as these influence notions of nationalist purity and pride. The novel’s narration takes the form of a dialogue between two German immigrants. In it “Aryan purity” is…
- Canaan (historical region, Middle East)
Canaan, area variously defined in historical and biblical literature, but always centred on Palestine. Its original pre-Israelite inhabitants were called Canaanites. The names Canaan and Canaanite occur in cuneiform, Egyptian, and Phoenician writings from about the 15th century bce as well as in
- Canaan dog (breed of dog)
Canaan dog, breed of herding dog developed in Israel in the 20th century from semiwild pariah dogs that were the descendants of animals present in the region since biblical times. Over time they had been utilized as guardians and hunting dogs, but most had reverted to a wild state, living in desert
- Canaanite alphabet
alphabet: The Canaanite alphabet: The two Canaanite branches may be subdivided into several secondary branches. First, Early Hebrew had three secondary branches—Moabite, Edomite, and Ammonite—and two offshoots—the script of Jewish coins and the Samaritan script, still in use today for liturgical purposes only. Second, Phoenician can be divided…
- Canaanite inscriptions
Canaanite inscriptions, a group of 11 inscriptions recovered from bowls and other utensils found in several archaeological sites in Palestine dating from approximately the 16th to 13th century bc. Because they have not as yet been satisfactorily deciphered, it is unclear whether or not the writing
- Canaanite languages
Canaanite languages, group of Northern Central or Northwestern Semitic languages including Hebrew, Moabite, Phoenician, and Punic. They were spoken in ancient times in Palestine, on the coast of Syria, and in scattered colonies elsewhere around the Mediterranean. An early form of Canaanite is
- Canaanite religion
Canaanite religion, beliefs and practices prevalent in ancient Palestine and Syria during the 2nd and 1st millennia bc, centring primarily on the deities El, Baal, and Anath (qq.v.). From time to time it subverted the essential monotheism of the Israelites after they occupied Canaan, the Promised
- Canada
Canada, the second largest country in the world in area (after Russia), occupying roughly the northern two-fifths of the continent of North America. Despite Canada’s great size, it is one of the world’s most sparsely populated countries. This fact, coupled with the grandeur of the landscape, has
- Canada (novel by Ford)
Richard Ford: Canada (2012) chronicles the experiences of a man whose life is shaped by his parents’ bungled attempt to rob a bank during his youth. Rock Springs (1987), Women with Men (1997), A Multitude of Sins (2001), and Sorry for Your Trouble (2020) are collections of…
- Canada Act (Canada-United Kingdom [1982])
Canada Act, Canada’s constitution approved by the British Parliament on March 25, 1982, and proclaimed by Queen Elizabeth II on April 17, 1982, making Canada wholly independent. The document contains the original statute that established the Canadian Confederation in 1867 (the British North America
- Canada Act (Great Britain [1791])
Constitutional Act, (1791), in Canadian history, the act of the British Parliament that repealed certain portions of the Quebec Act of 1774, under which the province of Quebec had previously been governed, and provided a new constitution for the two colonies to be called Lower Canada (the future
- Canada balsam (oleoresin)
Canada balsam, oleoresin consisting of a viscous yellowish to greenish liquid exuded by the balsam fir of North America, Abies balsamea. It is actually a turpentine, belonging to the class of oleoresins (natural products consisting of a resin dissolved in an essential oil), and not a balsam. Canada
- Canada Basin (submarine basin, Arctic Ocean)
Arctic Ocean: Topography of the ocean floor: …the Arctic Ocean is the Canada Basin, which extends approximately 700 miles from the Beaufort Shelf to the Alpha Cordillera. The smooth basin floor slopes gently from east to west, where it is interrupted by regions of sea knolls. The average depth of the Canada Basin is 12,500 feet.
- Canada bluegrass (plant)
bluegrass: Canada bluegrass (P. compressa), originally native to Europe, is a wiry plant with flat stems, similar to Kentucky bluegrass in appearance and use. Texas bluegrass (P. arachnifera), mutton grass (P. fendleriana), and plains bluegrass (P. arida) are important western forage grasses. Annual bluegrass (P. annua),…
- Canada Company (Canadian company)
Canada Company, organization instrumental in colonizing much of the western part of Upper Canada (now Ontario). Many residents of Upper Canada had incurred losses during the War of 1812 and subsequently claimed an indemnity from the British government. The latter agreed to pay a portion of the
- Canada convoy protest ([2022])
Canada: The Freedom Convoy and the NDP-Liberal confidence-and-supply agreement: In late January 2022, convoys of trucks and other vehicles began converging on Ottawa in a protest effort financed by millions of dollars in crowdsourced funding, much of it coming from the United States. According to some police estimates, as many as 3,000 vehicles and 15,000 demonstrators descended upon…
- Canada Council for the Arts (Canadian organization)
Canada: Cultural life: At the national level, the Canada Council for the Arts (headquartered in Ottawa) was established in 1957. It is funded by an endowment, an annual grant from the federal government, donations, and bequests. The annual Governor General’s Literary Awards are Canada’s preeminent literary prizes; they are granted to books—one in…
- Canada Cup (golf trophy)
World Cup, in golf, trophy awarded to the winner of an annual competition for two-man professional teams representing nations. It was initiated in 1953 by the Canadian industrialist John Jay Hopkins. The event involves teams from more than 40 nations in a four-day, 72-hole stroke competition. The
- Canada Day (Canadian holiday)
Canada Day, the national holiday of Canada. The possibility of a confederation between the colonies of British North America was discussed throughout the mid-1800s. On July 1, 1867, a dominion was formed through the British North America Act as approved by the British Parliament. It consisted of
- Canada Department of Agriculture
Dominion Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Central Experimental Farm: …Farm, Ottawa, part of the Plant Research Institute of Agriculture Canada (formerly Canada Department of Agriculture). Established in 1889, the arboretum is Canada’s oldest. It occupies 40 hectares (99 acres) and includes about 10,000 kinds of plants. Its special collections of flowering crabs, lilacs, lilies, and hedge plants are as…
- Canada Deuterium Uranium reactor (engineering)
nuclear reactor: CANDU reactors: Canada has focused its developmental efforts on reactors that utilize abundant domestic natural uranium as fuel without having to resort to enrichment services that would be supplied only by other countries. The result of this policy is the Canada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) reactor—a…
- Canada East (historical region, Canada)
Canada East, in Canadian history, the region in Canada that corresponds with modern southern Quebec. From 1791 to 1841 the region was known as Lower Canada and from 1841 to 1867 as Canada East, though the two names continued to be used interchangeably. Settled primarily by French Canadians who
- Canada Games (Canadian sporting event)
Canada Games, national sporting event held every two years in Canada, both the Winter and Summer Games being held at four-year intervals. The idea of the Canada Games was first suggested in 1924 by Norton Crow, secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada, but received little support. The idea
- Canada goose (bird)
Canada goose, (Branta canadensis), a brown-backed, light-breasted North American goose with a black head and neck. It has white cheeks that flash when the bird shakes its head before taking flight. Along with ducks, swans, and other geese, the Canada goose belongs to the family Anatidae of the
- Canada lynx (mammal)
lynx: Canada lynx: The Canada lynx (L. canadensis) is similar to the bobcat in appearance but can be identified by its longer legs, wider feet, longer ear tufts, and more prominent black-tipped tail. The weight of an adult ranges from 8.0 to 17.3 kg (about 18…
- Canada moonseed (plant)
moonseed: The North American species, Canada moonseed, or yellow parilla (M. canadense), with lobed leaves and greenish-white flowers, bears black, grapelike fruit with crescent-shaped seeds. M. dauricum, from East Asia, and M. mexicanum, from Mexico, have similar properties. In particular, the seeds of all these species may cause a curare-like…
- Canada Pension Plan (Canadian legislation)
Canada: Health and welfare: The Canada Pension Plan provides retirement, disability, and survivors’ benefits. The Old Age Security Act provides a monthly pension to all persons at least 65 years of age, while the guaranteed-income supplement provides additional income for pensioners. Financial aid is available under provincial or municipal auspices…
- Canada Place (building complex, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Vancouver: The contemporary city: Canada Place, with its white sail-like roof, was built as the Canada Pavilion for Expo 86, a nearly six-month-long world’s fair that celebrated Vancouver’s centennial in 1986 and to which more than 22 million visits were made. Adjacent to the Vancouver Convention Centre (which opened…
- Canada rosebay (plant)
rhodora, (Rhododendron canadense), deciduous shrub of the heath family (Ericaceae), native to northeastern North America. It occurs most commonly in swampy regions and grows to about 90 cm (3 feet) in height. The plant has alternate, oval or oblong, smooth-edged leaves about 3.75–5 cm (1.5–2
- Canada Steamship Lines (Canadian company)
Paul Martin: …law, however, and instead joined Canada Steamship Lines, a Montreal firm. He built the domestic-freight carrier into a strong multinational company and in 1981 purchased it.
- Canada turpentine (oleoresin)
Canada balsam, oleoresin consisting of a viscous yellowish to greenish liquid exuded by the balsam fir of North America, Abies balsamea. It is actually a turpentine, belonging to the class of oleoresins (natural products consisting of a resin dissolved in an essential oil), and not a balsam. Canada
- Canada West (historical region, Canada)
Canada West, in Canadian history, the region in Canada now known as Ontario. From 1791 to 1841 the region was known as Upper Canada and from 1841 to 1867 as Canada West, though the two names continued to be employed interchangeably. Canada West was settled primarily by English-speaking immigrants.
- Canada wild rye (plant)
wild rye: …wild rye (Elymus virginicus) and Canada wild rye (E. canadensis) are the most widespread North American species. Bottlebrush grass (E. hystrix) is sometimes grown as an ornamental for its unusual bristled flower heads. Quackgrass (E. repens), native to Europe, is often used for erosion control.
- Canada yew (plant, Taxus canadensis)
American yew, (Taxus canadensis), a prostrate, straggling evergreen shrub of the family Taxaceae, found in northeastern North America. American yew also is a lumber trade name for the Pacific yew. The American yew, the hardiest of the yew species, provides excellent ground cover in forested areas.
- Canada, Anglican Church of
Anglican Church of Canada, self-governing Anglican church and member of the Anglican Communion. It dates from the Church of England congregations established in Canada during the 18th century. In 1750 Canada’s first Anglican church was built in Halifax, N.S. Additional congregations were formed as
- Canada, Bank of (central bank, Canada)
Bank of Canada, Canada’s central bank, established under the Bank of Canada Act (1934). It was founded during the Great Depression to regulate credit and currency. The bank commenced operations on March 11, 1935. It not only acts as the fiscal agent for the Canadian government but also has the sole
- Canada, Companion of the Order of (Canadian honor)
Order of Canada: The most prestigious level, companion, is limited at any time to 180 members, excluding the principal companion, extraordinary companions, and honorary companions. It recognizes the recipient’s ‘‘outstanding achievement and merit of the highest degree, especially in service to Canada or humanity at large.” The second level, officer, recognizes a…