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Canada and the word kanata

Québec City viewed from Lévis; a modern place illustration, not an image of the encounter described in the name’s history.
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The name Canada is generally traced to kanata, a St. Lawrence Iroquoian word meaning village or settlement.

Scope & context

An account of the name’s origin, not a claim that all Indigenous languages use the same word.

Sources behind this record

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Origin of the name Canada ↗

Canadian Heritage

Origin of the name; Confederation