"Dominion of Canada" meaning in English

See Dominion of Canada in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Dominion of Canada
  1. (dated, formal) Canada Tags: dated, formal Categories (place): Canada Translations (former official name of Canada): Dominion du Canada [masculine] (French), Dominion Kanada [neuter] (German), Tiarnas Cheanada [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-Dominion_of_Canada-en-name-vlXvP0xO Disambiguation of Canada: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'former official name of Canada': 77 23
  2. (history) Canada from 1867 to the early Cold War. Categories (topical): History
    Sense id: en-Dominion_of_Canada-en-name-MIx4c7ot Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 90 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences

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