What is the origin of the name of your Province or State?
I live in Ontario which name was acquired from the Iroquois word kanadario which means Sparkling Water
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Ducky · 31-35, F
I'm in Arizona, US. A common misconception is that Arizona gets its name from the Spanish term "arida zona," meaning "arid zone," but that's not true. It actually gets it name from a term in the indigenous Oʼodham peoples language "ali sonak," meaning "small spring." To the European settlers, it sounded like "Arizona" and eventually, the name became applied to the territory and subsequent state.