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What's In A Name? You Might Be Surprised.

How did Canada get its name? Well, it wasn't without some trial and error first; there were many other names in the mix.

Although government officials ultimately settled Canada, which likely comes from the Huron-Iroquois word "kanata" meaning "village," they almost went in a different direction. Here are the other names Canada was almost given.

Albertsland
This name was presumably after Prince Albert, who was married '' Queen Victoria when Canada became a country.

Albionora
Although it sounds like an island straight out of Game of Thrones, the name actually means "Albion of the North." Albion is the oldest name for Great Britain.

Borealia
This name literally translates 'to' "Northern" in Latin.

Brittania
Yet another version of Great Britain.

Cabotia
This name derives from John Cabot, an Italian explorer that mapped much of Canada's Eastern coast for England around 97.

Colonia
Canada was almost just named Colonia, presumably because we're a colony of Great Britain.

Efisga
This cumbersome acrostic was quite literally a combination of the first letters of England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, and Aboriginal lands.

Hochelaga
This name originally refers '' an Indigenous village in what is now Quebec. The Iroquoian term is widely thought mean "beaver path" or "beaver lake." Some people have even suggested that the name of Montreal's Osheaga music festival could be derived from Hochelaga.

Mesopelagia
The word translates '' "the land between seas," which is somewhat accurate considering Canada has the world's longest coastline. We're also surrounded by oceans.

Norland
This name breaks down '' the "land in the North." It's a pretty bang-on description, although it would definitely reinforce the Canadian stereotype that we live in igloos.

Superior
No, this doesn't refer '' Lake Superior; it quite literally means higher in rank or status. Canadians certainly wouldn't have the stereotype of being polite and humble if we were named Superiorites.

Transatlantia
Presumably, this name means "crossing the Atlantic," which many English people would have done '' migrate Canada circa the seventeenth century.

Tuponia/Tupona
This name was yet another acrostic, standing for "The United Provinces of North America." It's probably a good thing Canada didn't choose this name, considering our neighbours '' the south are also part of North America.

Victorialand/Victorialia
Queen Victoria was the ruling monarch of the U.K. when Canada became a country in 1867, and the country was almost named in her honour.

The name Canada was ultimately chosen in 1867, more than two years after Thomas D’Arcy McGee made an impassioned speech arguing for the name. "I read in one newspaper not less than a dozen attempts to derive a new name," McGee said. "Now I ask any honourable member of this House how he would feel if he woke some fine morning and found himself instead of a Canadian, a Tuponian or a Hochelagander."