It means my village
The word Canada is derived from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word "kanata," meaning village or settlement. French explorers began using the term to refer to the area near present-day Quebec City, which eventually became the name for the country of Canada.
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Both the French word "sept" and the Greek word "hepta" mean the number seven.
There is no such word. If you mean kaila (with an I), it is style or fashion.
Canada means "kanata" meaning "our village" or "village". Kanata is a Huron word
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.
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.
Where did the word,"Canada,"come from? Well, Canada came from the word Kanata.
The aborignal word (in Wendat) was called Kanata, it mean's "Village/settlement". The europeans heard "Canada" so they rolled with it.
kanata is the canadian name for village or settlement
The word Canada was originally thought to have come from the Mohawk work "Kanata" which means "settlement" and was what many native groups called Canada. However there is evidence that the word may have come from Iroquoian word "Canada" which means the same thing as "Kanata"
Canada. The word comes from kanata, an Iroquois word meaning village or settlement.
The name Canada comes from the Amerindian word Kanatha which means 'village'.
Because the locals kept referring to their village as Kanata which was translated "This is Kanata." The Europeans, having a much larger view of things expanded the term to mean the area or lands.
he thought the villagers were talking about the area but they were talking about the village which they call kanata.