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Referring to the British sector of the Columbia District, after the Columbia River, ultimately after the Columbia Rediviva, a reference to Christopher Columbus [4] [5] Manitoba: Cree, Ojibwe. or Assiniboine: manitou-wapow, manidoobaa, or minnetoba "Straits of Manitou, the Great Spirit" or "Lake of the Prairie", after Lake Manitoba [6] [7] New ...
"The Left Coast" – a name shared with the West Coast of the United States, referring to the region notably leaning politically left. [6]"British California" – a play on the initials of the province, referring to its similarities with California in terms of culture, geography (particularly in the Lower Mainland), politics, and demographics.
Saskatchewan [a] is a province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the United States (Montana and North Dakota). Saskatchewan and Alberta are the only landlocked provinces of Canada.
Named after Sir Frederick Haldimand, the Governor of the Province of Quebec from 1778 to 1786. Hamilton: English Named for George Hamilton, the city's founder. Kawartha Lakes: Anishinaabe: Named after the nearby lakes of the same name, which are an Anglicization of the Anishinaabe word Ka-wa-tha, meaning "land of reflections". The name was ...
Bharat – original name for India, derived from either Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata [1] Bolivia – Simón Bolívar; Cambodia – Kambu Svayambhuva; Colombia – Christopher Columbus (after the Italian version of his name, Cristoforo Colombo) Cook Islands – Captain James Cook; Dominican Republic – Saint Dominic
The Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne (/ ˌ æ k w ə ˈ s æ s n eɪ / AK-wə-SAS-neh; [5] French: Nation Mohawk à Akwesasne; Mohawk: Ahkwesáhsne) is a Mohawk Nation (Kanienʼkehá:ka) territory that straddles the intersection of international (United States and Canada) borders and provincial (Ontario and Quebec) boundaries on both banks of the St. Lawrence River.
Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces, Canadian West, or Western provinces of Canada, and commonly known within Canada as the West, is a Canadian region that includes the four western provinces just north of the Canada–United States border namely (from west to east) British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. [3]
The United Kingdom transferred most of its remaining land in North America to Canada, with the North-Western Territory and Rupert's Land becoming the North-West Territories. [e] The British government made the transfer after Canada and the Hudson's Bay Company agreed to the terms, including a payment of £300,000 from Canada to the Company. [18]