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Where does the word 'Canada' come from?
a) Jacques Cartier
b) Samuel de Champlain
c) Jean Nicollet
d) A foreign language
A) Jacques Cartier
Kanata was a word used by the St. Lawrence Iroquois people in Quebec in the 16th century. It means village or settlement. When French explorer, Jacques Cartier explored this territory, he misused the word to describe the area and within ten years' time the Europeans were using it to describe the entire region.