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History Archived TIL After an opinion poll was held to possibly rename Canada's Northwest Territory after splitting from Nunavut, the region was close to being named "Bob" (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] midoriiro [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) 5.4 years ago
It's very bland, but it does have it's history. Northwest Territory was named as such due to it's directional relation from the former Rupert's Land).
Other close candidates where Nunatsiaq which means "Beautiful Land" in Inukitut and Denendeh which means "Our Land" in Athabaskan
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[–] midoriiro [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It's very bland, but it does have it's history. Northwest Territory was named as such due to it's directional relation from the former Rupert's Land).
Other close candidates where Nunatsiaq which means "Beautiful Land" in Inukitut and Denendeh which means "Our Land" in Athabaskan