>From the Spanish settlers of San Mateo County California we get the name of Cañada Road which gives its name to a community college--Cañada College.
As it's locally spelled with the Ñ and pronounced that way, newcomers sometimes mistakenly pronounce it as we pronounce the name of the country Canada. :) For what it's worth... Mary On Wednesday, November 18, 2015, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for that explanation, Tomas. > > In one case, the surname Canada apparently derives from canyon (similar to > ravine). > > A line with the Bartolomeu surname changed it to Canada during their > immigration process to California. As one descendent wrote, “because the > father owned land in a canyon (cañada) in the Azores,” referring to Santa > Cruz das Flores. > > Although cañada is defined as glade/dell or gully/ravine in Spanish, this > topographical feature somehow also became a geographic place name in > Portugal and France. This is discussed in: > > Marshall, A Elliot. 1888. Origin of the Name ‘Canada.’ Pp. 164-173 in A. > Marshall Elliot, ed. Modern Language Notes, Vol. III. Baltimore, MD. > > Marshall describes the use of canada for path in Portuguese, but discusses > the second sense of the Latin word root, relating it to Spanish and > Portuguese. > > Regarding topographical features and place names, Marshall concludes: > > “Again: the extensive use in Spain, as opposed to Portugal, of the word > *canada* or *cañada* as a geographical designation, would argue in favor > of the probable origin of the name on Spanish soil…” > > and he notes, in addition: > > “But not alone in Spain do we find the word *Canada* widely used for > marking topographical sites. On the map of France, we note seven places of > this name scattered throughout as many different Départements, in all of > which the same general characteristics exist that we have seen in the > Spanish names…” > > Steve > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','azores%[email protected]');>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
