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Name Language of origin Word(s) in original language Meaning and notes Alberta Latin (ultimately from Proto-Germanic): Feminine Latinized form of Albert, ultimately from the Proto-Germanic *Aþalaberhtaz (compound of "noble" + "bright/famous"), after Princess Louisa Caroline Alberta [2] [3]
[3] Jacques Cartier was first to use the word "Canada" to refer not only to the village of Stadacona, but also to the neighbouring region and to the Saint-Lawrence River. In other Iroquoian languages, the words for "town" or "village" are similar: the Mohawk use kaná:ta', [4] [5] the Seneca iennekanandaa, and the Onondaga use ganataje. [6]
This is a partial list of Canadian Inuit.The Arctic and subarctic dwelling Inuit (formerly referred to as Eskimo) are a group of culturally similar indigenous Canadians inhabiting the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut that are collectivity referred to as Inuit Nunangat.
Inuktitut (/ ɪ ˈ n ʊ k t ə t ʊ t / ih-NUUK-tə-tuut; [3] Inuktitut: [inuktiˈtut], syllabics ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ; from inuk, 'person' + -titut, 'like', 'in the manner of'), also known as Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, is one of the principal Inuit languages of Canada. It is spoken in all areas north of the North American tree line, including ...
The first efforts to write Inuktitut came from Moravian missionaries in Greenland and Labrador in the mid-19th century using Latin script. The first book printed in Inuktitut using Cree script was an 8-page pamphlet known as Selections from the Gospels in the dialect of the Inuit of Little Whale River (ᒋᓴᓯᑊ ᐅᑲᐤᓯᐣᑭᐟ, "Jesus' words"), [4] printed by John Horden in 1855–56 ...
Uummarmiutun (Inupiaq: [uːm.mɑʁ.mi.u.tun]), Uummaġmiutun or Canadian Iñupiaq is the variant of Iñupiaq (or Inuvialuktun) spoken by the Uummarmiut, part of the Inuvialuit, who live mainly in the communities of Inuvik and Aklavik in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
The provinces and territories are sometimes grouped into regions, listed here from west to east by province, followed by the three territories.Seats in the Senate are equally divided among four regions: the West, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes, with special status for Newfoundland and Labrador as well as for the three territories of Northern Canada ('the North').
N.W.T. T.N.-O. T.N.-O. is short for Territoires du Nord-Ouest. Nova Scotia: NS: N.S. N.-É. N.-É. is short for Nouvelle-Écosse. Nunavut: NU: Nvt. Nt These traditional abbreviations are not listed by Natural Resources Canada and TERMIUM Plus, both of which only used NU. [2] Ontario: ON: Ont. Ont. O. was not uncommon in the late 19th and early ...