Monday, February 4, 2008

Quebec name and vikings 2

hmm... M said he was doubting this thing I found about the name Quebec came from Sweden via the Vikings... (see earlier input two steps down). I looked it up and Canadian officials claim it's from the indian culture and their name Kebec, wish means narrow creek or something, pointing at the river St Laurent and the narrowing parts around the city of Quebec. Well, this all makes a lot of sence, probably the one who claimed the Swedish point of view was just a bit jelous - cause in fact he himself is a Swedish scientist/author.
Well, as the story goes about my hometown of Arvika (wish is not a fact coming from this Swedish scientist), the name means something like the battlefield of the vikings (ar = battle, vika = rowing men in shift (vikings) ). How about that! :)

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