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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 9, Rounds 4,6: CanPl   
   15 May 23 22:34:24   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 9, Round 4 - Canadiana Geography - Place Names   
   >   
   > Game 7 had no Canadiana round, so this time, once again, you get   
   > an extra one.   
   >   
   > 1. This city's name has stayed more or less the same despite being   
   >    translated to French and later English from the original   
   >    Portuguese.   
      
   St. John   
      
   > 2. This city was named after a prince in 1783.  The spelling was   
   >    shortened soon afterwards.   
      
      
      
   > 3. In 1765, this town was named for the Queen married to King   
   >    George III.   
      
   Charlottetown   
      
   > 4. This name is not native, but refers to the copper tools used   
   >    by the local Athapaskan natives.   
      
   Winnipeg   
      
   > 5. This city's name refers to a strait or narrow channel in a river.   
   >    The Algonquin, Cree, and Micmac languages all use the same word.   
      
   Calgary   
      
   > 6. This town's name was changed from Frobisher Bay in 1984, after   
   >    the residents voted 310-213 for a name meaning "place of fish"   
   >    in Inuktitut.   
      
   Iqualit   
      
   > 8. This name comes from the Cree word for murky water.   
      
   Saskatoon   
      
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