Best-selling, award-winning Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd Edition has been completely updated with 5,000 new words and senses not included in previous edition. Offers 300,000 words, phrases and definitions covering English as used worldwide, with meanings most familiar to Canadians appearing first. Features 2,200 uniquely Canadian words and senses with more than 500 Canadian regionalisms. Provides 5,500 biographical entries, including 100 new to this edition, as well as 5,600 place names (1,450 Canadian). Canadian Oxford Dictionary is thumb indexed.