Why was Canada named Canada?

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

Canada was named Canada because Jacques Cartier of exploring fame asked of a village called Stadacona and the Iroquois villagers pointed in its direction, saying "kanata", meaning ether "over there" or "village".

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