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This template converts between the full names and short form names of Canadian provinces. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status province 1 Full name or short form name of province. Line required type of output 2 By default, template will output the two-letter code for the province. Set this parameter to 'name' to output the full name. Set this parameter to ...
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The -r-also began to disappear from the name on early maps, resulting in the current Acadia. [20] Possibly derived from the Míkmaq word akatik, pronounced roughly "agadik", meaning "place", which French-speakers spelled as -cadie in place names such as Shubenacadie and Tracadie, possibly coincidentally. [21]
137 districts [citation needed] (not in all cantons, names vary) 2,131 municipalities or communes [35] (varies by canton) Syria: Unitary 14 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) 60 districts subdistricts (nawaḥi) [citation needed] villages [citation needed] Tajikistan: Regional 3 regions (viloyatho) Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province Dushanbe ...
"The Left Coast" – a name shared with the West Coast of the United States, referring to the region notably leaning politically left. [6]"British California" – a play on the initials of the province, referring to its similarities with California in terms of culture, geography (particularly in the Lower Mainland), politics, and demographics.
This is a summary of Canadian provincial name etymologies.. Alberta – Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria; British Columbia – Christopher Columbus (→ Columbia, an American sailing ship → Columbia River → Columbia Territory of Hudson's Bay Company → British Columbia)
The name Liège (also used by the city of Liège, the province's capital) may have the same origin as the ancient name of Paris, i.e. Lutetia; the German form, Lüttich, suggests this. Liège and Lutetia would both derive from Latin lucotætia, "marsh" or "mud". Another suggestion derives the names from Latin Lætica, "colony", or Leudica, "free
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