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Canadian Facts and Trivia - THE PEOPLE AND THE HISTORY
The name of what is now a massive, transcontinental nation has its roots in a Huron-Iroquois word meaning "village."
French explorer Jacques Cartier heard two indigenous captives refer to the nearby town of Stadacona as "Kanata" -- the village -- on his second voyage to the region.