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- proper noun The
national anthem ofCanada
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Examples
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How he's never once sang O Canada at a Vancouver Canucks game.
What Tim Tebow Can't Do Jason Gay 2011
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All the posturing and diversion tactics (like a big fake kerfuffle over changing the words in O Canada for example) shouldn't distract ALL Canadians from demanding the open and transparant Government that Harper promised us.
CTV News RSS Feed 2010
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An earlier version of O Canada, written in 1908 by Robert Stanley Weir, read, "... true patriot love thou dost in us command," but that tongue-twisting line was dropped and replaced with "… true patriot love in all thy sons command" shortly after.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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Rendell, a Democrat, was coaxed by a Canadian reporter into singing a verse from O Canada.
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An earlier version of O Canada, written in 1908 by Robert Stanley Weir, read, "... true patriot love thou dost in us command," but that tongue-twisting line was dropped and replaced with "… true patriot love in all thy sons command" shortly after.
Winnipeg Sun 2010
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After the speeches and the stories ended, the crowd of fans and well-wishers broke into an impromptu version of O Canada.
Winnipeg Sun 2010
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MPs gave them a prolonged standing ovation and all broke into a rendition of O Canada.
CTV News RSS Feed 2010
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The prayer service began with a singing of God Save the Queen, followed by O Canada, accompanied by a choir and organ.
Dose.ca Music briefs 2010
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After the speeches and the stories ended, the crowd of fans and well-wishers broke into an impromptu version of O Canada.
London Free Press 2010
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Twenty thousand-plus crammed into BC Place Stadium belted out O Canada to celebrate the country's newly minted gold medallist -- Alexandre Bilodeau.
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