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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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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