Show oniaiN or THC WORD CANADA Tttu hatlono ell U I UII JIA C There an ninny derivations given to the word Canada but tho one given by hlr John Drown IH the moil curious and plausible Whim the Portuguese under laspar Cortureal In I MX llrst uwcnde ihn rntrhcrSt I Iuurence they belli td i was tho trait of which they wero In search nnd through which a paswigo J might bo discovered Into the Indian xcn Hut on arriving at tho point whence they could clearly ascertain wns not n straitbut n river theywith nil emphasis disappointed hopes exclaimed repeatedly Canado Here nothing words which were remembered nnd repeated by tio nntltcn on seeing tho lluropcun arrive In 1113 who naturally conjectured that Tliu word they heard employed so often mutt denote the name of thu country The now generally accepted derivation however which In I supported sup-ported by tha analogy of other names Is either that given by Charlovolxfrom tin IroquoU Kaunata n collection of hut or from two Iiullnn words Inn or Can n mouth nnd Ada a country slgnlfylug the mouth of tho country nnd presumably originally applied to tho llivcr ht Lawrence |