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Borealia
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Borealia

The name of Canada has been in use since the founding of the French colony of Canada in the 16th century. The name originates from a Saint-Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata (or canada) for "settlement", "village", or "land". It is pronounced /ˈkænədə/ (listen) in English and (listen) in standard Quebec French. In Inuktitut, one of the official languages of the territory of Nunavut, the Iroquoian word (pronounced ) is used, with

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 967534.