Show wide choice offered as to canadas name at least alve derivations tor for the word canada have been suggested F first arst from the algonquin word cantata nit meaning aning welcome supposed to have been used by the indians indiana when they first saw cartler cartier whom they received with demonstrations of joy second from the iroquois word cantata manning a collection of huts and being the word the algon quins applied to their chief town third from a spanish word acan ada meaning there Is nothing there indicating that the spaniards saw no signs of gold as they skirted tile the coast of the gull gulf of st lawrence fourth from a portuguese word canada meaning narrow passage and implying that the portuguese gueso long before carriers Cart Car lers tiers time sailed up the st lawrence and gave the name canada to the country through which the comparatively narrow river flowed namely that above quebec fifth cordiero Cord lero says the word la is ba aque aque for canal which would convey 6 the same idea as strait or narrow passage 0 the first two seem the most likely derivations the name Ca canada canadas nadah w was as used by the early french explorers and settlers |