The Quiz: Canada gets its name from the word for “village” in what language?
Métis
Iroquois
Inuit
Mohawk
As the historical story goes, two of Canada’s Aboriginal youths told French explorer Jacques Cartier about the route to “kanata,” which means “village” in Huron-Iroquois. Cartier used their word to describe not only the village, but the entire area controlled by its chief, and later, the meaning expanded to cover the entire country of Canada, which is now the second-largest in the world.
The correct answer to this quiz is Iroquois.