Statistics for Canadian City Etymologies

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Original Language	Meaning	Answer	% Correct
French	Royal Mountain	Montreal	95%
Latin	Queen	Regina	80%
Mohawk	Where there are trees standing in the water	Toronto	53%
Algonquin	To trade, place where trade occurs	Ottawa	48%
Cree	Muddy waters	Winnipeg	42%
French	Rapids of St. Mary's River	Sault Ste. Marie	41%
Scottish / Gaelic	Beach of the meadow (pasture)	Calgary	34%
Inuktitut	Many fish	Iqaluit	34%
Algonquin	Where the river narrows	Quebec (City)	31%
Cree	Fruit of the tree of many branches (berries)	Saskatoon	28%
Dutch	From the city where the cow crosses	Vancouver	28%
Okanagan	Female grizzly bear	Kelowna	25%
Old English	Area of coarse grass in the nook of land	Halifax	19%
Shuswap	Meeting of the waters	Kamloops	14%
Anishinaabe	[Those at the] Great River-mouth	Mississauga	9%