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Where does “Canada” come from?
Canada (Italian) comes from French Canada, from Laurentian kanata — village or settlement.
Ancestry of “Canada”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
French
Canada
—
2
Laurentian
kanata
village or settlement
Words derived from “Canada”
canadese
franco-canadese
afrocanadese
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