How Did The Provinces And Territories Of Canada Get Their Names?

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SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Origin of the names of Canada and its provinces and territories: www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geography/place-names/origins-geographical-names/9224
What Is The Origin Of The Name Ontario?: www.thoughtco.com/ontario-508567
Ontario On Etymonline: www.etymonline.com/word/ontario
Quebec On Etymonline: www.etymonline.com/word/quebec
Manitoba On Etymonline: www.etymonline.com/word/Manitoba#etymonline_v_36080
About Algonquians: www.tanakiwin.com/algonquins-of-ontario/our-proud-history/
Yukon On Etymonline: www.etymonline.com/word/yukon
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[@NameExplain]

Canadians: which province or territory are you watching from?

[@profilepicture828]

Aerican Empire

[@matthewlee8667]

Alberta

[@best_soap641]

Quebec

[@teddyboragina6437]

Ontario; but I grew up on Prince Edward Island

[@muggarock]

Newfoundland & Labrador represent!

[@Nick-kz6dg]

Hello Name Explain. Hope you see this! Here for you are Australia's states and territories: - Western Australia is called this because it takes up the western side of Australia - South Australia is in the south...of Australia... - the Northern Territory is northern and a territory - the Australian Capital Territory: a territory...in Australia...that contains the capital - New South Wales is new, it's south(ern hemisphere), and what the heck, let's call it Wales - Queensland and Victoria: named after...Queen Victoria - Tasmania: named after the Dutch bloke who found it

[@NameExplain]

SAS 7-10 The Australians have such a beautiful way with names.

[@brunor.1127]

Good one mate

[@citiesskyscrapers4561]

Explain this in more detail, please. I didn’t get it.

[@timmmahhhh]

Dutch, smutch: everyone knows the island was named after the devil as told to us by Looney Tunes. 😂

[@Detah_]

I got one about Australia Jarate means Jar based Karate which involves throwing jars of your own piss at people

[@geminitaurus8693]

As a canadian I'm happy you explained the North West Territories name! Such great history and pride behind it.

[@AK-xb7eh]

To be fair almost all of Canada used to be part of the NWT... it was literally ALL of the north and ALL of the west

[@jameshagel777]

It might be apocryphal, but the leading name in a plebiscite for North West Territories after Nunavut split was ‘Bob’. Apparently there was a certain joy in having government officials referring to ‘Bob’ in official documents and speeches.

[@JeremyMacDonald1973]

@@jameshagel777 This happens every so often when you ask the public to name things. Basically every time that is done there is some kind of codicil that says they don't actually have to use your stupid name if the public decided to take out their frustration with the politicians in the naming process. Really who doesn't want to vent their anger at politicians?

[@pegeonpera]

"I am going to name this place Newfoundland" "Well, how about OhIjustfoundthisnewpieceofland?"

[@j.r.765]

Kaustubh Verma I was about to quote that one Jay Versace vine about Newfoundland

[@sohopedeco]

In Portuguese, we actually call it "Terra Nova", which literally means just "New Land". Quebeckers were a little more loyal to Portuguese when naming it "Terre-Neuve".

[@squashgoogolplex9392]

@Pedro Marcelino I think that (I might be wrong) Quebecois named it "Terre-Neuve" because, well, they're French and all, and French and Portuguese are both Latin-based languages, so their words are both similar to each other and Latin words.

[@sohopedeco]

squashGoogolplex Nothing prevented Angloes from naming it "Newland" though. hahahah

[@ghost_curse]

"Newland" just doesn't sound right in English.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Too expand on a few, Northwest Territory, used to encompass what is now Nunavut, Alberta and Saskatchewan, and was previous territories since it incorporated parts of the previous Ruperts land and Hudson's Bay Company Territory. The name 'Northwest', itself actually comes from the Northwest Company which was a chartered trading company similar to and rival to the Hudson's Bay Company. Also it's pronounced 'new-fin-laand' or 'newf-in-laand' by Newfies themselves and most other Canadians.

[@loldelol34w56436]

Lavrador means farmer in portuguese. It comes from the verb "lavrar" meaning "to plough". So the name of the guy is like João Fernandes The Farmer. I'd like to say also that your pronounciation was pretty good :)

[@Giaayokaats]

*John Ferdinand the Farmer

[@sohopedeco]

And it actually makes sense that labradors are farm dogs. hahaha

[@Ri_F]

Maskawasit would be John *Fernando-son* The Farmer. Fernandes originated as a patronymic.

[@lf4807]

Also that Newfoundland original portuguese name is Terra Nova

[@GumSkyloard]

It doesn't have anything to do with jobs or occupations tho, it's an actual family name.

[@lewatoaofair2522]

Northwest Territories actually used to be bigger, containing what's now Yukon and Nunavut. "Braunschweig's" W is a V (just like every German W). It's "Newfoundland and Labrador," not the other way around. Newfoundland is actually pronounced more like "noo-fun-lend."

[@lili.ana.]

correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Northwest Territories also contained what is now Saskatchewan, and the capitol was Regina, which is now Sasks capitol

[@theperfectmix2]

Great Person Basically the whole middle and top

[@buddyclem7328]

Thank you, Pronounciation Explain!

[@buddyclem7328]

@@samohtt That sounds very similar to The Louisiana Purchase, whose name now lives on as the US state of Louisiana.

[@masonmanrkf8291]

Northwest Territories also used to be owned by the Hudson’s bay company, and was called Ruperts land before being sold to the newly formed Canada, where it was renamed, and Manitoba popped out in the process because of Louis Riel

[@gabrielstein1779]

It's really nice as a french canadian to see you talk about Canada

[@arthure.w2006]

inb4 finnies triggered by your pronunciation of Newfoundland... actually, I'm already late for that, forget it

[@KendrickMan]

Newfinlaan b'y

[@qui9]

Finnies? Is that a nicer way of saying newfies?

[@Joshy-]

I'ma Newfoundlander and I'm very tired of the pronunciation being wrong. At least it isn't pronounced like New-finlind.

[@mdempsey7128]

I just got home from a trip down east. We drove our RV from Ontario to Prince Edward Island. We took the Trans Canadian Highway. We drove along the St. Lawrence River and saw the Laurentien Mountains and Northern Quebec across the other side. We took the Acadian Trail across New Brunswick.

[@chad_b]

Where at in PEI? I've spent my whole life here

[@dianeericson7900]

Hmmm: could have been a long trip if you are from Thunder Bay, or a short one from Prince Edward, Ontario.

[@diepiepew12]

Turns out that Nova Scotia was once a scottish colony. That is interesting because I didn't know Scotland had colonies in North America.

[@michaeldawson7296]

Radionatix Scotland is a part of the British Empire

[@diepiepew12]

Scotland colonized that part in 1629. The british invaded the colony in 1632. So Nova Scotia was briefly independent from the british empire.

[@AvailableUsernameTed]

Just before Scotland joined with England there was an failed attempt at a colony near Panama.

[@KendrickMan]

Also french before it was scottish lol. The 15-1600s were not a peaceful time here lol

[@andrewfullerton1379]

I feel the need to point out that Scotland IS Britain as much as England is... the island of Great Britain contains both countries

[@jayayywhy4374]

explorer 1: nice we found some new land what should we call it? explorer 2: how about Newfoundland explorer 1: brilliant!

[@Direblade11]

Newfoundland is pronounced "Newfundland." We call the inhabitants Newfies and they talk funny

[@hockeyislife2]

Direblade11 or New Finland

[@Kielie]

As a newfie, I hear more fin instead of fund. we dont really know how to say it, gov. say it as new found land, everyone else not from here says it as newfunlun it seems, we just say it however we want. theres no correct way to say it.

[@thesage1096]

@@Kielie im not from canada but i have a lot of interest in that country. i once pronounced it as new-found-land when chatting with a canadian and they laughed at me and said thats all weird and wrong.

[@irishjet2687]

TL;DR Don't feel bad about not knowing how to pronounce "Newfoundland", because its pronunciation is stupid. I'll never forgive the Germanics for introducing "-land" as a suffix to English, and then not making the spelling consistent with the pronunciation. To be fair, that's true for a LOT of words in English, because my native tongue is a hodge-podge of languages thrown together for a group project and told to "make it work". Growing up, I was taught a bunch of "rules" for English, but by the time I got to college I realized that none of it made sense, no one could agree on the rules, and that most of the time there were more exceptions to the rules than there were instances of words and sentences following them. That's why I try not to laugh when someone mispronounces a word. I'll never forget a presentation I gave in 4th grade. Everyone in my class had to look up a word that could be on a test, learn the definition, draw an illustration of it, and present it. My word was "chaos" (pronounced "kay-ahs"), but when I got in front of the class, I proudly said my word was "chah-ohs". Everyone laughed, with even my teacher stiffling a chuckle, and I about died of embarrassment. My point is, that wasn't my fault! I don't know how I had gotten to be 10 without hearing that word used, but given that, how was I supposed to know its pronunciation? "Chaos" doesn't look like it should sound like that!

[@hhiippiittyy]

@@irishjet2687 As a server I once informed a table that we had 'shit ache' mushroom soup. :) Chaos looks like "ciao-ss" or somthing. English is goofy. There is a great bit in the movie "Finding Antwone" about b.s. rules for starting sentences with "and" or "but" that are taught in grade school. Humans are so instinctively linguistic its almost mever illegitimate grammar but rather different universal grammar rules that cause so many slip ups. Irregular verbs are a great example. Q.I. has a great bit, Daniel Radcliffe is in it if I recall, about the I before e rule absurdity. Highly recommend.

[@RedFireRex]

Yay I suggested this a while back and I’m happy someone actually suggested it to you on patreon

[@joelcrow]

Just dropped some coins in the Patreon machine a couple days ago and already got my name in the credits. Nice!! Happy to support your great work. Thanks Patrick!

[@kaiserwilhelm3933]

Just imagine a video about Russian oblasts and other administrative regions. It would take FOREVER!

[@heynyquildriver]

The video I’ve been waiting for! Also you aced all of the pronunciations, as far as I know! I love your channel and so happy to see my country represented! :D

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

Wow! I thought Saskatchewan means: where you can find the Sasquatch!

[@campbria4225]

Random thing. A lot of people, including myself don't pronounce the second 't' in Toronto. Leading to something like Toron?o or Torono. Not sure if that's really in this channel's purview

[@rakusko33]

I'm not Canadian but I've been in Toronto and every local there pronounced it like "Torono". Not sure if this is just a canadian thing or english in general.

[@campbria4225]

@@rakusko33 it's a pretty local thing only really from the area around Toronto

[@NameExplain]

Interestingly when I say Toronto in my awful American/Canadian accent I do drop the second t.

[@Gameflyer001]

Hearing the second T is a good way to tell if the speaker is from the city or an outsider (pronouncing it means the person is the latter).

[@ghost_curse]

rakusko33 It's definitely not an English thing. Most Americans do say the second T. I'm pretty sure it's just people who live here who drop the T, though I've heard other Canadians drop it too.

[@ewestner]

I'm so thrilled you did this topic!!!! Yay, thanks, Patrick!!!

[@PisauraXTX]

I don't think "Brunswick" is an anglicised name - rather it is derived from the original Low German name of the city, Bronswiek, Brunswiek, or Brunswick. Braunschweig is actually the "high-Germanized" name for the city, and thus actually farther from the original name than the English one.

[@ChiefBeson]

For anyone unaware. Nunavut was founded in 1999, and took over the majority of land that was formerly "Northwest Territories" so the name prior, referred to the masses of islands and mainland that were not as heavily populated or industrialized in the north western half of Canada. With Quebec and Labrador holding most of the northern land on the eastern side of Canada. I remember when Nunavut was formed, it was a very big deal, as it was a political statement about returning ownership, name and respect to the various Inuit people of northern Canada, whom had a desire to have more opinion and say over their province, when the massive differences across the former Northwest Territories was too great, it was deemed worthy to create Nunavut to give distinction. I love all the work you do and videos you produce. Thank you for putting so much into this channel, people like myself appreciate it all!

[@yokulelelep616]

Tq 4 making dis video. I luv canada!!!

[@stevelapointe180]

TWO videos about Canada now?! Nice! Thanks Patrick!

[@musclehank6067]

Alright Canada you need to calm down with your bodies of water...

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Bodies of water are for the weak!

[@chad_b]

Sorry

[@adonissherlock]

*most lakes in the world intensifies*

[@unoriginal1086]

Canada: Home of the waterboiis.

[@ieatedgod]

water is hot what you gonna do about it

[@LM-sk1bh]

Yo what's up Name Explain

[@NameExplain]

Yo man. Not too much, you?

[@khem3275]

JUST SAYING *WENDOVER PRODUCTIONS* IS YOUR PATREON!! :O 4:50

[@pyro2631]

Watching from Ontario!

[@russneho]

One of the best yet!

[@mcalkis5771]

Do the 50 states of America next! That's right, *I challenge you.*

[@meer1322]

Someone else already did it

[@howardbaxter2514]

It’s not that difficult

[@harshtiwari1691]

Where does the word "name" come from?

[@AvailableUsernameTed]

Good one.

[@elimalinsky7069]

Harsh Tiwari interestingly enough, it is one of the most stable words in Indo-European languages. Practically all Indo-European languages from Ireland to Bangladesh have a similar variation on the word "name". Other stable words are the numbers 1-10, family members like father, mother, brother, sister and pronouns like I, my, thou, you.

[@harshtiwari1691]

@@elimalinsky7069 even my in mother tongue name is नाम(pronounced naam)

[@elimalinsky7069]

@@harshtiwari1691 Exactly. In all Indic languages it is more or less the same word as most European languages and the various languages of Iran and Afghanistan, due to the common Indo-European roots.

[@harshtiwari1691]

@@elimalinsky7069 yeah right

[@mountain_seeker1635]

Can you do a video on how each US state got it's name?

[@theophonchana5025]

Newfoundland and Labrador is from Portuguese (Português) Terra Nova and Lavrador, named for João Fernandes Lavrador. The word "lavrador" means "farmer" Spanish (Español): labrador.

[@valtareanimations3786]

Amazing video Patrick

[@Siddif]

Despite being from Ireland part of my heart is in Canada (British Columbia specifically) I’ve never been or have any real ties to it but I’ve convinced myself for about 15 years that I just need to be there. Part of the reason why I wanted this video so much (being the second Patreon Saint). Thanks Patrick!

[@jeanluc1420]

It’s pronounced ‘Neywfinlund’

[@ludovicodeutsch7772]

Jeanluc New Finland

[@timmmahhhh]

Agree, NEW-fin-lund, home if the Newfies.

[@janegeland7596]

new fund lund

[@qui9]

/njufənlænd/

[@kewlbeans2463]

ohijustfoundthisnewplaceinsoontobecanadaland

[@Nikolaj11]

How come tiny Prince Edward Island is an entire province?

[@nayviler]

Historically it was it's own colony of the British Empire. When PEI joined confederation in 1871 (I think?) they obviously didn't want to become part of another province.

[@Nikolaj11]

Cheers.

[@chad_b]

I'm born and raised in PEI and I love that we're our own province lol. We only have a population of about 140 000 people and almost half of those people live in Charlottetown

[@Andrew-gn9qp]

Canada was originally made to mimic the United Kingdom and France, which is another reason why Prince Edward Island was allowed to become a province, it was like re-creating Wales, England, Scotland, and Ireland, but in North America. You can see this in the provincial flags, Newfoundland's flag is an inverted Union Jack, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick has the English lion, Nova Scotia has the St. Andrew's Cross, Ontario has the British Red Ensign, and Quebec has the fleur-de-lis from the Kingdom of France.

[@smalltownnickey]

As someone from Saskatchewan it’s pronounced Sask-Atche-win

[@jamest6732]

I would personally love to support you on patreon, however I am a freshman in college and have very little money. I know that this won’t help to pay your bills, but I love your videos. Keep up the good work!!

[@briandennis7081]

“Both of which are very good boys indeed.” That line cracked me up 😂

[@theMoporter]

There is a golden Labrador dog character called Mister Peanutbutter in the Netflix show BoJack Horseman, and he goes back to his home on the Labrador Peninsula, and everyone that lives there is also a golden lab.

[@AvailableUsernameTed]

Extra points for showing that the islands in Hudson Bay are part of Nunuvut, even those just off the coasts of Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec - weirdly.

[@AB-gw6uf]

Are you going to do names of states or provinces of countries outside the Anglosphere?

[@rateeightx]

I Think The Video Is Mistitled, It's Clearly Supposed To Be Called "How Did The Provinces And Territories Of Canada Get Their Names Eh?"

[@kewlbeans2463]

rate eightx 👌

[@kwcy92]

Sorry

[@rezkid283]

I am from Minnesota, so I’m basically kinda Canadian

[@mikecowpg]

Thanks for this! I've lived Manitoba all of my life and never known what it meant.

[@CherrygroveCity]

Canada? Never heard of it

[@b43-xkarma70]

Australia,Wyoming and Germany aren't real...

[@mihaelzubak7321]

Only croats know the way to Germany

[@piggip869]

Canada was a myth created by the U.S. government to hide the ports of Montana

[@AvailableUsernameTed]

Yes its make-believe. The Spanish wrote 'Ca Nada' (Here Nothing) on the northern part of their maps.

[@erikkr.r.m7380]

@Prussian Eagle i wish

[@MrCrockaG]

Just an FYI Newfoundland is pronounced New-fund-land. It's weird, I know, but so is the province.

[@ashknoecklein]

In Connecticut (US) there is a town and a river by the name of "Willimantic," which is Algonquin. There is debate over whether or not it means "place of the swift running water" or "place in the evergreen swamp." I can attest that either would be fitting, but the latter more so.

[@Orionte9]

Portuguese here. In the North of Portugal here João Fernandes Lavrador came, people pronounce V as B so probably Labrador came from him miss pronounce is own name which foreigners would not now that actually was a misspell

[@Pokabjorn]

Yaaayayay new video !

[@Javlonification]

In Uzbekistan we use a lot of rivers with adding "daryo"!

[@HeckaLives]

In B.C. you have 'Vancouver Island', and the formerly 'Queen Charlotte Islands', now known by it's historic native name of Haida Gwaii.

[@jeffirwin7862]

I was going to call you out for not explaining Ottawa, but it turns out the National Capital Region is just part of Ontario and Quebec, not a separate district!

[@squashgoogolplex9392]

That pun has earned you my respect.

[@andrepoiy1199]

We pronounce Newfoundland "New-fund-lund". Basically found without the o.

[@alecbrinker7268]

I am made very humble by the fact that I did not know most of these origins.

[@ryanfoster213]

Ontario! Born and raised here too!

[@ludovicodeutsch7772]

Do the States of America

[@profilepicture828]

Good idea but he should do it in groups of 10

[@nonomen6665]

I'll go with the ones I know off the top of my head. New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, New Mexico: Fairly obvious Washington: George Washington North&South Dakota: The Dakota natives Georgia: King George. Mississippi: River Missouri: River Ohio: River Colorado: River Delaware: River Michigan: Lake West Virginia: Virginia, but the west part of it Maine: Old French County

[@Nate-xv7el]

Nonomen there’s a fun story with Washington. We originally wanted to be called Columbia but did not want to get confused with the District of Columbia so we went with Washington. Yet, we still get confused with it.

[@elimalinsky7069]

Nonomen Virginia is named after Queen Elizabeth I, the virgin queen (yep, she never had sex).

[@timtam.]

Florida: Flower Land

[@EJ85]

As a Canadian I deeply enjoyed this video! Here are some slight pronunciation corrections: Iroqois = Ear-oh-kwah Quebec = Kuh-bek or Kay-bek Newfoundland = Noof-in-land. Cheers!

[@linefrenette9116]

Much more Kay bec

[@limeparrot4685]

I own a Labrador he is a Good Boy!

[@imaimeemiami7480]

It's funny how some lakes and rivers have redundant names. Like how Avon as in the Avon River in Britain means river.

[@calebmateochasegarcia6299]

I'm not even from Newfoundland and I'm triggered by how you pronounced it 😂

[@KendrickMan]

Just uploaded a little 3 second video for Name Explain to watch on my channel named "Name Explain Newfoundland". Feel free to critique, as I'm Nova Scotian, not Newfinese, but I just wanted to pronounce Newfoundland as most proper as I could, and let you hear it, as I don't feel it was pronounced as a local would say.

[@Draftsaac_YT]

I'm british but I love Canada 🇨🇦 and this was very interesting

[@jeffcook3747]

My grandfather came from Newfoundland and I always heard it pronounced Newfundlund :)

[@scapeghost4212]

You should do a whole video on northwest territory

[@CEKROM]

21:16 *Ba-DUMS* , thats a good word joke =D

[@djhsilver]

The Northwest Territory is what was once the territory of the Northwest Company, which controlled a large portion of Canada. It merged with the Hudson Bay Company, which controlled a territory called Rupert's Land, in the early 1800s. The new combined territory kept the name North-West Territories and around the time of Confederation, occupied almost all of what is now Canada (excluding BC, Southern Ontario and Quebec, the three Maritime provinces and the island of Newfoundland). Most of Canada's provinces and territories were carved out of it, and what's left has simply not been given a new name.

[@WhoJustFatposted]

Northwest Territory actually got its name when it was owned by the Northwest Company during the fur trade. That's also why NWT has a lot of french settlers

[@VinzRizzuti]

It would be cool to see a name explain on the 26 cantons of Switzerland.

[@Ryuji777x]

Good video. I'm watching from Alberta. Didn't know Quebec was derived from Natives

[@DavidMaurand]

Quebec is a cognate of Kennebec and Kennebunk in the bordering US state of Maine

[@theophonchana5025]

Quebec is from Algonquian (Ojibwe, Mi'kmaq) kébec

[@muggarock]

Just a side note, Newfoundland is pronounced "new-fin-land". It rhymes with "understand". Otherwise great video!

[@burinvoyager8964]

It’s pronounced new-found-land I from Alberta and new found land

[@matthewarsenault6216]

No it's not

[@CH-yj2kw]

Fun Life You are so wrong....

[@chickennugget-pt6qu]

It's varies I guess. I'm also from Alberta but I say new fun land.

[@MRTOWELRACK]

New-fin-land is like Aw-dah-wuh or Kal-gur-ee or Tchron-oh; it's a slurred together approximation. At least I avoid saying Mun-tree-all; gotta draw the line somewhere.

[@manitobarepublic255]

I'm not going to say that I know for sure. But I think NWT is named such as it was the territory governed by the Northwest Company, main competitor to the HBC.

[@andrepoiy1199]

We pronounce Newfoundland "New-fond-lund". Basically found without the u.

[@LeCombat86]

"Province of Quebec" = Canada Rest of "Canada" = Northern USA

[@linefrenette9116]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@samjl584]

That’s just amazing 2:14

[@Giaayokaats]

The name explanation of Saskatchewan here is more or less correct, but it feels incomplete. Kisiskaciwan breaks down into two parts: Kisiska- means "quickly", and the "ciwan" (pronounced "chiwan") morpheme relates to the flow of something. So Kisiskachiwan roughly means quickly flowing or swift current. The name for the river itself in Cree is Kisiskachiwanisipi (the suffex -sipi meaning river)

[@Giaayokaats]

Also, while the NWT can be explained through geographical reference, there's actually a lot going on with it. What is now the NWT is what's left of an administrative division that once covered 2/3 of what is now Canada.

[@amberrousse7280]

This video made me wonder why/how British royalty are named "Duke of x" etc. Would love to see a video explaining this :)

[@davidsilveira1135]

Name explaine you forgot to add that the land was actually called in portuguese "terras novas dos bacalhaus" or "new foundlland of codfish" because the land was predomently setteled by portuguese fishermen who thought that codfish only existed in norway and fount this new land populated by codfish. Love your vids =)

[@TheCimbrianBull]

So, the Canuck is oot and aboot today! 🍁 🇨🇦 😁

[@n3v3rg01ngback]

Yellow labs are so cute!

[@willbriant3020]

As a Ontarian, I think Newfoundland and Labrador should change their name to Vinland. Vinland was the original name for newfoundland, it's been a name for the area via Denmark since the mid medieval period. which is still use today as a alternative name for the province

[@Germanicnoble]

Are you going to make a video on the Australian states?

[@SantaFe19484]

I thought Alberta was named after Price Albert. Learned something new.

[@SaturnCanuck]

Good on ya, Mate. Maybe a Canadian Cities one?

[@_.M_]

Can you make a video about if the Isle of Man and Manchester have similar etymologies since they are quite near each other.

[@unclepodger]

You gotta do the states of India next (and try not butchering the names - but I have high hopes since you pronounced Meghalaya correctly)

[@locoorbgaming8791]

Maybe you could do an explanation of some of the weird States in the United States like my home state Pennsylvania.

[@profilepicture828]

William Penn

[@WanJae42]

Named after Pencilvester, who was named by alien parasites.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Yes, William Penn and sylvania from Latin forest or woodland.

[@Gameflyer001]

What about the bodies of water within and bordering Canada? Not all obviously. -Hudson Bay was initially known as Hudson's Bay (as it was named after Henry Hudson); that incorrect possessive forms part of the name of Canada's oldest corporation, HBC (Hudson's Bay Company, also known as The Bay). -Frobisher Bay is named after Sir Martin Frobisher, and Nunavut's capital Iqaluit sits on the western end of it. The city itself used to be known as Frobisher Bay until 1987. -The Scottish explorer Sir Alexander Mackenzie is the namesake of Canada's longest river, the Mackenzie River. Among others...

[@ossi_2429]

It’s actually called the Northwest Territory because it used to be like all of Canada, including Nunavut, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the Yukon, And was therefore a large territory in the North-West part of the globe.

[@amandabeaty1492]

Although it's now northwest, the territories originally included Alberta and Saskatchewan prior to 1905.

[@lewis-scutiproductions4577]

Please do a Name Explain on Belgium

[@a19ist]

It's probably a coincidence, but "kanadario" sounds a lot like "canada's river" in portuguese, since kanada (canada) and rio (river), so in portuguese we would say "Rio do Canadá" = "Canada's River" - KanadaRio. A weird coincidence

[@sego6277]

Was New York named by city in england York?

[@sego6277]

@Life is Balloons ok

[@criticalhard]

@Life is Balloons Ballony

[@annemariestaudenmann945]

There are also Dutch influences. Brooklyn is based on the Dutch word for "broken land."

[@jetfan925]

@@annemariestaudenmann945 like the Nets?

[@CnekYT]

Please do the Albertan cities?

[@fernandooliveira3432]

Newfoundland derived from the Portuguese name Terra Nova, hence the name New-Found-Land.

[@vannahcontreras]

You should do "are there any Mercury's left" As on freddie Mercury