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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 08:57:47 -0400
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Kumar=2C_Ir=E8ne=22?= <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: "Ca nada" <fwd>
Sender: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Kumar=2C_Ir=E8ne=22?= <[log in to unmask]>
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This is a first for me! Canada, the name of our beautiful country,
actually means "village" in one of our first nations language.
Sincerely,
Irčne Kumar,
Information Services/Service d'information,
Earth Sciences Information Centre/Centre d'information sur les sciences de
la Terre,
Natural Resources Canada/Ressources naturelles Canada
Tel.: (613)947-3326
Fax: (613) 943-1549
Email: [log in to unmask]
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> From: Johnnie Sutherland[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To: Sue Haffner
> Sent: April 27, 1999 4:49 PM
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> Subject: "Ca nada" <fwd>
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> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 13:07:34 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Sue Haffner <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: "Ca nada"
> Sender: Sue Haffner <[log in to unmask]>
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> I just received some trivia on another list, regarding
> the name 'Canada'.
> Supposedly, it comes from a notation on old Portuguese
> maps "ca nada" (nothing there).
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> Is this true?
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> Sue Haffner
> Map Library
> CSU Fresno
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