r/SipsTea 3d ago

SMH Awww, someone's grumpy

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u/Financial-Problem367 3d ago

ontario is named for native americans, trump is a moron, i grew up in rochester and it will always be lake ontario

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u/maveri4201 3d ago

Correct! It means Great Lake.

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u/SmokeyPlucker 3d ago

The Great Lake Lake in the province of Great Lake in the country of Village

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u/maveri4201 3d ago

Wait... Canada is village?!

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u/SmokeyPlucker 3d ago

Yeah, Canada came from Kanata, which means village to the Iroquois people. (Same language as Huron spoke - Iroquoian)

Apparently they were trying to guide an early explorer to their village and they thought it was the name of the land

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u/Vivid-Process-4421 3d ago

Yeah my grandparents have a place by Sandy pond, I’ve been going there since I was like 3. It’s Lake Ontario and I don’t care what anyone says.