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Named in 1821, one of several Spanish names given by General Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lt. Governor of Upper Canada (1818-28) and Lt. Governor of Nova Scotia (1828-34). He developed a fondness for Spanish during the Peninsula Campaign and gave Spanish names to several Canadian places. See also Mariposa, Orillia, Oro, Sombra, and Zorra.
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List of Spanish place names in Canada; T. Timiskaming; Toponym'elles; Name of Toronto; U. List of Canadian place names of Ukrainian origin This page was last edited ...
Spanish Canadians (Spanish: Español-canadienses) are Canadians of full or partial Spanish heritage or people who hold a European Union citizenship from Spain as well as one from Canada. They likely also include many Canadians of Latin-American ethnic origin who use the term "Spanish" as a panethnic ethnonym rather than only their specific ...
Attentive drivers may know they're passing through a place called Eatonville—the archway announcing "Historic Town of Eatonville" might give it away—but they wouldn't necessarily think there ...
During the Anglo-Spanish War captured two merchant convoys totalling 79 ships. Francisco Franco (1892–1975), general; from 1939 caudillo and formal Head of State of Spain Manuel Alberto Freire de Andrade y Armijo (1767–1835), Spanish cavalry officer and general officer during the Peninsular War, and later Defense Minister
Post-colonial: Spanish place names that have no history of being used during the colonial period for the place in question or for nearby related places. (Ex: Lake Buena Vista, Florida, named in 1969 after a street in Burbank, California) Non-Spanish: Place names originating from non-Spaniards or in non-historically Spanish areas.