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{{Otheruses4|a word in the Mohawk language|the community in Ottawa, Canada|Kanata, Ontario}} |
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'''Kanata''' is a [[Mohawk language|Mohawk]] word, meaning "village" or "settlement." Until the mid-20th century, this word was thought to have been the origin of [[Canada's name]]. But, as evidenced by the journal of [[Jacques Cartier]] about his voyage to present-day [[Quebec]]<ref>{{cite book | first = Jacques | last = Cartier | origyear = 1545 | date =2004-05-01 | url = http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12356/12356-h/12356-h.htm | title = Relation originale de Jacques Cartier | location = Paris | publisher = Tross | pages =p 48}}</ref>, [[Canada]], in the early 16th century, Canada's name stems from the [[Laurentian language|Saint-Lawrence Iroquoian]] word "canada"<ref>{{cite book | first = Bruce G. |last = Trigger | coauthors = Pendergast, James F. | year = 1978 |chapter=Saint-Lawrence Iroquoians | title = Handbook of North American Indians Volume 15 | location= Washington |publisher= Smithsonian Institution | pages= pp. 357–361 | id = OCLC 58762737}}</ref>, which holds the same meaning. This [[Iroquoian languages|Iroquoian language]] was spoken by the inhabitants of [[Stadacona]] and the neighbouring region near present-day [[Quebec City]] in the 16th century,<ref>{{cite book | first = Jacques | last = Cartier | origyear = 1545 | date =2004-05-01 | url = http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12356/12356-h/12356-h.htm | title = Relation originale de Jacques Cartier | location = Paris | publisher = Tross | pages =p 48}}</ref> with words having similarities to those in related Iroquoian languages, most notably in Mohawk and [[Oneida language|Oneida]]. |
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=="Kanata" as factual truth== |
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Both the [[Canadian Encyclopedia]] of 1985 and various publications of the Government of Canada, such as "[http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/o5_e.cfm The Origin of the Name Canada]" published by the [[Department of Canadian Heritage]], suggest that the word "Canada" stems instead from a "Huron-Iroquois" word, "kanata", meaning village or settlement. Although this would appear at first to be an astounding historical error, since neither the Hurons nor the Iroquois lived in the St. Lawrence valley in the 16th century at the time of Jacques Cartier's visits, it should be remembered that this statement reflects theories first advanced in the 18th and 19th centuries that were later discredited by archeological evidence and linguistic comparative studies of the late 20th century. Several prominent authors, notably [[William Kaye Lamb|W. Kaye Lamb]], the former [[Library and Archives Canada|Dominion Archivist]] who authored the article on [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001216 Canada] in the [[The Canadian Encyclopedia|Canadian Encyclopedia]] of 1985, were apparently unaware of the many archeological and linguistic studies published since 1950. This "Huron-Iroquois" theory was later integrated into the article on [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110588/Canada Canada] in the [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] of 1996. |
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==Modern Use== |
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This discredited story of the origin of Canada's name appears to have been the reason for the choice (by popular vote in a local election), in 1978, of "Kanata" as the name for the new city to the west of [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]. The former city of [[Kanata, Ontario|Kanata]], since 2001, has been a part of the City of Ottawa. |
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==See also== |
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* [[Canada's Name]] |
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* [[Laurentian language|Saint-Lawrence Iroquoian]] |
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* [[Jacques Cartier]] |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Mohawk tribe]] |
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