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As a request I made this map, where I tried to translate the names of the canadian provinces and capitals. I already created a map of the american states here:
When I translate, I try to get the sense and not just he literal meaning and I add also common german endings.
It was very often hard to find out the meaning, especially of indian names.
If a state or province is named after a person or british town, I used just a german one.
Here´s the list:
Canada = Dorfen (Indians told the Europeans the way to the next "village")
British-Columbia = Deutsch-Weststrom
Victoria = Adelheid
Manitoba = Engental
Winnipeg = Erdsee
New Foundland and Labrador = Vinland and Markland (named after how Vikings called that lands, because Vikings are also Germanics, so it could be overtaken from them, otherwise Neufundland would be also perfect).
St. Johns = St. Johannes
New Brunswick = Neu Braunschweig
Fredericton = Friedrichsstadt
Northwest Territories = Nordwestland
Yellowknife = Gelbschwert (I used the german word for sword instead of Messer for knife, because it sounds cooler XD)
Nova Scotia = Neu Sachsen
Halifax = Blücher (Halifax is a family name so I took a nice sounding german family name of a famous person, general Blücher, who helped to defeat Napoleon^^).
Nunavut = Unserland
Iqaluit = Fischheim
Ontario = Schönsee
Toronto = Mittenheim
Prince-Edward-Island = Fürst Eduard Insel
Charlottetown = Charlottenstadt
Quebek = Schmalsee (same word for the capital)
Saskatchewan (Oh my god, how do u pronounce that? XD) = Schnellbach
Regina = Königin
Yukon = Großstrom
Whitehorse = Weißmar
Ottawa = Handelstätt
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Update: 24.04.2016
Made a completely new map, as the old one was too bad^^
When I translate, I try to get the sense and not just he literal meaning and I add also common german endings.
It was very often hard to find out the meaning, especially of indian names.
If a state or province is named after a person or british town, I used just a german one.
Here´s the list:
Canada = Dorfen (Indians told the Europeans the way to the next "village")
British-Columbia = Deutsch-Weststrom
Victoria = Adelheid
Manitoba = Engental
Winnipeg = Erdsee
New Foundland and Labrador = Vinland and Markland (named after how Vikings called that lands, because Vikings are also Germanics, so it could be overtaken from them, otherwise Neufundland would be also perfect).
St. Johns = St. Johannes
New Brunswick = Neu Braunschweig
Fredericton = Friedrichsstadt
Northwest Territories = Nordwestland
Yellowknife = Gelbschwert (I used the german word for sword instead of Messer for knife, because it sounds cooler XD)
Nova Scotia = Neu Sachsen
Halifax = Blücher (Halifax is a family name so I took a nice sounding german family name of a famous person, general Blücher, who helped to defeat Napoleon^^).
Nunavut = Unserland
Iqaluit = Fischheim
Ontario = Schönsee
Toronto = Mittenheim
Prince-Edward-Island = Fürst Eduard Insel
Charlottetown = Charlottenstadt
Quebek = Schmalsee (same word for the capital)
Saskatchewan (Oh my god, how do u pronounce that? XD) = Schnellbach
Regina = Königin
Yukon = Großstrom
Whitehorse = Weißmar
Ottawa = Handelstätt
_____________________
Update: 24.04.2016
Made a completely new map, as the old one was too bad^^
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Saskatchewan is pronounced sus-ska-che-wan