(Canada, US) A nickname for the approximately 1200-mile (1900-kilometer) portion of the border between Canada and the USA, extending along the forty-ninth parallel of latitude from Lake of the Woods t
(Canada, US) A nickname for the approximately 1200-mile (1900-kilometer) portion of the border between Canada and the USA, extending along the forty-ninth parallel of latitude from Lake of the Woods to the Pacific Ocean.
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(informal, North America) The Canada-United States border; the 49th parallel north: a circle of latitude that is 49° north of Earth's equator.
(colloquial, US) Canada.
(Canada, informal) Northern Canada, usually including the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon, approximately above the 60th parallel north.
(US, informal) A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.
(Canada, US, nonstandard) A nickname for the entire border between Canada and the USA.
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