"Can-Am" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Blend of Canadian + American. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Canadian|American}} Blend of Canadian + American Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Can-Am (not comparable)
  1. Canado-American; Pertaining to the United States (“American”) and Canada (“Canadian”) Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: Nor-Am (english: when referring to only U.S. and Canada), Canadian-American, American-Canadian, Canado-American Related terms: Pan-Am, Trans-Am, Northern America, North America
    Sense id: en-Can-Am-en-adj-h1Y8x~DS Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English blends: 98 2 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8

Noun

Forms: Can-Ams [plural]
Etymology: Blend of Canadian + American. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Canadian|American}} Blend of Canadian + American Head templates: {{en-noun}} Can-Am (plural Can-Ams)
  1. Abbreviation of Canadian-American Challenge Cup. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Canadian-American Challenge Cup
    Sense id: en-Can-Am-en-noun-7Wi~dKpq Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks

Inflected forms

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