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Canada, or 'Kanata' means village/settlement.

That is the meaning of the word in the Saint-Lawrence Iroquoian language (which is just one of the languages that was spoken by Canadian natives).

Kanata is not an Iroquoian word but an Algonquin one. The two language groups are separated only by the Saint Lawrance River but they are of greatly distinct language groups. On the order of that between Sweden and Finland (Indo-European and Uralic).

The actual meaning of Kanata would be either 'this place' or 'that place' depending on the context. It could also be taken to mean 'over there'.

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In the native American tongue of Algonkin, Quebec means 'where the river narrows'.

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