#Canada
- Acadian — As a noun, it denotes a descendant of the French colonists who settled during the 17th century in the region of Acadia (located in northeastern North America, today comprising Canada's Maritime provinces). As an adjective, the term refers to the culture, language, history, or territory specific to this francophone population, renowned for its cultural resilience and the historical tragedy of the Great Upheaval of 1755. Deported Acadian communities in the southern United States laid the foundations for the distinct culture known today as 'Cajun'.
- Acadian (female) — The feminine form of the noun and adjective 'acadian'. As a noun, it denotes a woman of French origin born or settled in the historical region of Acadia in northeastern North America, or a direct female descendant of this community. As an adjective, it characterizes a cultural, linguistic, geographical, or identity element specific to this francophone population, renowned in universal history for preserving their unique dialect and musical traditions despite assimilation pressures and the massive deportations of the 18th century.
- Acadia — An atypical, hypercorrect, or erroneous spelling variant of the historical toponym 'Acadia' (a colonial region in eastern Canada and northern Maine). In older Romanian texts, the double 'i' spelling occasionally reflected an attempt to faithfully render the phonetics of the final hiatus during articulation or an early adaptation of the name from Cyrillic sources. In modern linguistic context, this form is considered a departure from the official literary standard, with 'Acadia' being the exclusively accepted term for designating that early francophone province.
- Alberta — A major province located in western Canada, bounded by British Columbia and Saskatchewan, with its capital in Edmonton and its largest urban center in Calgary. The region is globally recognized for its spectacular Rocky Mountain landscapes (including Banff and Jasper national parks), its vast wealth in oil, natural gas, and oil sands reserves, as well as its highly developed agricultural and livestock sectors.
- Alberton — The name of several localities and urban centers located internationally, such as the industrial city of Alberton in the Gauteng province, South Africa, or municipal communities in Canada (Prince Edward Island) and the United States of America (Montana). Capitalized, the proper noun individualizes a specific geographic settlement recognized in regional or global administrative topography.
- Alert Point — The international cartographic, military, or meteorological designation assigned to a strategic geographical point, cape, promontory, or early warning radar station, with the most famous structural reference linked to the Alert military base and weather station located on Ellesmere Island in Canada, considered the northernmost continuously inhabited settlement in the world. In aviation and navigation, the term can also designate a waypoint fixed on maps for reporting turbulence or flight restriction zones.
- Algonquin — 1. A person belonging to the Algonquin Native American ethnic group indigenous to eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. 2. Pertaining to these populations, their culture, traditions, or languages within the large Algonquian linguistic family. As an adjective, it describes elements of indigenous identity, mythological structures, and idioms spoken historically in the Great Lakes region.
- Algonquin — 1. A female person belonging to the Algonquin Native American ethnic group. 2. The Algonquin language; a polysynthetic indigenous idiom spoken by native populations in eastern Canada. 3. The feminine form of the adjective 'algonkin'; pertaining to these tribes, their culture, beliefs, or traditional social structures.
- Appalachians — A massive and ancient mountain range located in eastern North America, extending from the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador to the state of Alabama in the southern United States. This structural mountain system is characterized by rolling terrain, parallel forested ridges, and rich coal resources, being famous for its forest biodiversity and the long, famous Appalachian Trail.
- Axel Heiberg — A large island located in the Qikiqtaaluk region of Nunavut, Canada, forming part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and being the 31st largest island in the world. Named after the Norwegian diplomat and financier Axel Heiberg, the island is known in the global scientific community for its massive glaciers, spectacular mountainous terrain, and a unique paleontological site of a fossil forest from the Eocene epoch.