canadiano

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noun

A Canadian drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.

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Meanings

canadiano1

nouncanadiano (countable and uncountable, plural canadianos)

plural canadianos

  1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Canadiano.

Canadiano2

nounCanadiano (countable and uncountable, plural Canadianos)

plural Canadianos · alternative canadiano

  1. CanadacountableuncountableA Canadian drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.

    As Canadians push back against U.S. tariffs and annexation threats, some cafes in Ottawa have renamed the 'Americano' to the 'Canadiano.'

    2025 March 9, “These Ottawa cafes are brewing up a Canadian twist on a classic”, in CBC
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    Canadian roastery Kicking Horse Coffee is calling for cafés across Canada to rename the popular Americano as Canadiano on their menus. The Kicking Horse Café in Invermere is said to have served Canadianos since its inception in 2008 but is now calling for a nationwide name change.

    2025 February 7, April Hawksworth, “Canadian cafés invited to rename Americanos to Canadianos”, in Global Coffee Report

    Synonyms: cafe Canadiano, café Canadiano, café canadiano, cafe canadiano, caffe canadiano, caffe Canadiano, caffè Canadiano, caffè canadiano

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA Canadian drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.

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Origin

Blend of Canadian + americano; although it has been used previously for various coffee-based drinks, it gained popularity in Canada as a replacement term for americano in February 2025 in response to tariffs imposed on and calls to annex Canada by the second Trump administration. Some sources claimed that Kicking Horse Coffee in British Columbia was the origin of renaming "americano" as "Canadiano".

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Cite this entry
APA

canadiano. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canadiano

MLA

“canadiano.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canadiano. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “canadiano,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canadiano.

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