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| • | This list of place names in Canada of Aboriginal origin contains Canadian places whose names originate from the words of the First Nations, Métis, or Inuit, collectively referred to as Aboriginal peoples in Canada. When possible the original word or phrase used by Aboriginals is included, along with its generally believed meaning.
The name Canada itself is believed to have originated around 1535 from a Huron-Iroquoian word, kanata, meaning "village" or "settlement" or "collection of huts" [HTTP ], referring to Stadacona, a settlement on the site of present-day Quebec City; another contemporary meaning was "land"[HTTP ].
In other Iroquoian languages, the words for "town" or "village" are similar: the Mohawk use nekantaa, the Seneca iennekanandaa, and the Onondaga use ganataje[HTTP ].
Source: [wikipedia: list of place names in canada of aboriginal origin]
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