"CDN" meaning in English

See CDN in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} CDN (not comparable)
  1. Abbreviation of Canadian. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Alternative form of: Canadian
    Sense id: en-CDN-en-adj-S0Gw7bWD

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} CDN
  1. Initialism of Côte-des-Neiges. A district of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, Montréal, Québec, Canada Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Côte-des-Neiges (extra: A district of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, Montréal, Québec, Canada) Categories (place): Places in Canada Translations (Cote-des-Neiges): CDN (French)
    Sense id: en-CDN-en-name-xHP9i~i~ Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Neighbourhoods in Canada, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 62 28

Noun

Forms: CDNs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} CDN (plural CDNs)
  1. (Internet) Initialism of content delivery/distribution network. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: content delivery/distribution network Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-CDN-en-noun-5LBpqyx1 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for CDN meaning in English (3.4kB)

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