[lit-ideas] Re: Canada
- From: Ed Farrell <ewf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 12:00:26 -0800
Funny, I had just read this earlier this morning:
"The name 'Canada' is derived from the Huron-Iriquois word 'Kanata,' a
town or village."
--William H. Goetzmann, Atlas of North American Exploration, University
of Oklahoma Press, Norman (1992)
David Ritchie wrote:
>Why is Canada so called? A land of canyons--Spanish derivation--doesn't
>seem right. Neither does the other meaning of "Canada" in my old
>encyclopedia: a Portuguese liquid measure. Some link with Castor canadensis
>(beaver) perhaps?
>
>No doubt this is something every Canadian knows.
>
>David Ritchie
>Portland, Oregon
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