In Iroquois, kanata means village or settlement.
The word "Kanata" is an Iroquois word that means a village or small group of houses. It is the word that eventually became the name of Canada.
Canada. The word comes from kanata, an Iroquois word meaning village or settlement.
kanata is the canadian name for village or settlement
Being from kanata (near Ottawa), I have heard that 'kanata' is an aboiriginal word for a 'cluster of homes'. The word 'Canada' is apparently derived from 'kanata', so Canada is known as a cluster of homes.
The Iroquois name for 'settlement' is Kanata. That was cause to adopt a variation in 1867
Canada means "kanata" meaning "our village" or "village". Kanata is a Huron word
The name 'Canada' originated from the Huron and Iroquois word 'Kanata', meaning community, village, or settlement.
"Kanata" is a Japanese word that means "far away" or "distant."
Most likely from the St.Lawrence Iroquoian word 'kanata'meaning 'village' or'settlement'
Cartier named the newly discovered land "Canada" after the Iroquois word "kanata," meaning village or settlement.
The name Canada comes from the Amerindian word Kanatha which means 'village'.
Famous for : leading three expeditions to Canada. Cartier named Canada "Kanata" meaning village or settlement in the Huron-Iroquois language