Onomastica Canadiana

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Explore the origins, meanings, and history of names across Canada. A comprehensive look into Canadian onomastics, from placenames to personal appellations.

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Rescuing Colonized Names of the Wyandot

This article deals with names of the Wyandot, an Iroquoian-speaking, Indigenous people of the period surrounding the War of 1812. The people have a naming tradition that includes clan possession and the passage of important names over generations. Th...

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Vide-Poche, toponyme générique d’Amérique française?

The distribution of Vide-Poche hints at its function as a former generic place name. Located in nine different places from Québec to the American Midwest, this toponym has shown resilience in Missouri, in stark contrast with its vanishing twins in th...