Proposed alternatives to 'Canada' when the country was founded

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While the provinces' delegates spent little time, if any, in settling on Canada as the name for the new country, others proposed a variety of other names:[25][2]

Anglia – the medieval Latin name for England
Albionoria – 'Albion of the north'
Borealia – from borealis, the Latin word for 'northern'; compare with Australia
Cabotia – in honour of Italian explorer John Cabot, who explored the eastern coast of Canada for England
Colonia
Efisga – an acronym of English, French, Irish, Scottish, German, Aboriginal
Hochelaga – an old name for Montreal
Laurentia
Mesopelagia – 'land between the seas'
New Albion
Norland
Superior
Tupona – derived from The United Provinces of North America
Transatlantica
Ursalia – 'place of bears'
Vesperia – 'land of the evening star'
Victorialand – in honour of Queen Victoria

― silverfish, Tuesday, August 27, 2019 9:40 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Imagine if this country had been named 'Superior'. Everything would be completely different.

― silverfish, Tuesday, August 27, 2019 9:44 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

colonia

― mark s, Tuesday, August 27, 2019 9:45 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

moosalia

― mookieproof, Tuesday, August 27, 2019 11:14 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

"Efisga" is mindshattering

― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, August 27, 2019 12:34 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

anyway poll

― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, August 27, 2019 12:34 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Ursalia – 'place of bears'	20
Vesperia – 'land of the evening star'	11
Borealia – from borealis, the Latin word for 'northern'; compare with Australia	4
Superior	3
Efisga – an acronym of English, French, Irish, Scottish, German, Aboriginal	2
Victorialand – in honour of Queen Victoria	1
Tupona – derived from The United Provinces of North America	1
Mesopelagia – 'land between the seas'	1
Hochelaga – an old name for Montreal	1
Laurentia	0
New Albion	0
Norland	0
Colonia	0
Transatlantica	0
Cabotia – in honour of Italian explorer John Cabot, who explored the eastern coast of Canada for England	0
Albionoria – 'Albion of the north'	0
Anglia – the medieval Latin name for England	0

― silverfish, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:48 (six years ago)

wait, I should have just put the poll options in the initial post, sorry

― silverfish, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:51 (six years ago)

i don't see "mooseport" as an option

― jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:51 (six years ago)

Mesopelagia is pretty cool.

Though I would like to live in a Cocteau Twins album also.

― jmm, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:53 (six years ago)

i kind of like vesperia

― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:54 (six years ago)

borealia and vesperia are both good

― ciderpress, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:55 (six years ago)

Voted for "Vesperia".

― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:57 (six years ago)

(bc I would like to live in the land of a Fripp/Eno album)

― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:57 (six years ago)

'Tupona' just makes me wish that the United States went with 'Tusona'

― silverfish, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:58 (six years ago)

going with 'place of bears'

― jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:00 (six years ago)

kudos to this poll for getting 'acadian driftwood' stuck in my head

― jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:01 (six years ago)

Efisga – an acronym of English, French, Irish, Scottish, German, Aboriginal

lmao what

― devvvine, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:03 (six years ago)

so many better options: seafig >>>

― devvvine, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:06 (six years ago)

Yeah, I don't think the order was accidental.

― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:07 (six years ago)

feigas baby, feigas

― jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:08 (six years ago)

xp oh obvs

― devvvine, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:09 (six years ago)

Efisga but only if they kept adding new letters

― rob, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:14 (six years ago)

what thread were you all talking about this on?

― rob, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:15 (six years ago)

never mind. disappointed it wasn't Real England

― rob, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:16 (six years ago)

Since when were the Irish more important to English than the Scots?

― Boulez, vous couchez avec moi? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:18 (six years ago)

the first prime minister of canada was from glasgow. don't think we're that far down the pecking order in this country

― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:19 (six years ago)

There's more people of Scottish extraction in Canada than in any other of the usual destinations for Scottish migration - forced or voluntary.

― Boulez, vous couchez avec moi? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:21 (six years ago)

"borealia" because it reminds me of nipples

― Abigail, Wife of Preserved Fish (rushomancy), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:28 (six years ago)

"Ursalia" because it reminds me of urolagnia

― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:32 (six years ago)

Mesopelagia, because it reminds me of retired professors who live alone and drink too much.

― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:43 (six years ago)

colonia would be the most honest name

― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:47 (six years ago)

"Ursalia" because it reminds me of urolagnia

― Noodle Vague

so you're saying you want to drink a bear's pee

that's cool

― Abigail, Wife of Preserved Fish (rushomancy), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 18:01 (six years ago)

flannelonia

― triple-washed (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 18:26 (six years ago)

ten months pass...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 00:01 (five years ago)

🐻

― j., Tuesday, 30 June 2020 00:14 (five years ago)

ursalia, because bears own

― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 00:22 (five years ago)

Vesperia – 'land of the evening star', bc Fripp/Eno

― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 00:26 (five years ago)

GO BEARS

― zombeekeeper (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 00:41 (five years ago)

Hortonland

― below the mendoza (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 11:22 (five years ago)

PLACE OF BEARS

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 11:29 (five years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 00:01 (five years ago)

Bear land say hi to me

― zombeekeeper (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 00:09 (five years ago)

‘Superior’ got robbed.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 02:57 (five years ago)

nah. superior lacks the je ne sais quoi present in the more favored choices

― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 03:31 (five years ago)

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