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“Canada” means Village

  • February 8, 2019
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“Canada” means Village

The name Canada comes from the indigenous Iroquoian St. Lawrence Iroquoians’ word ‘Kanata’ meaning village.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Canada#Etymology

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