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The place name in California is claimed to be from an Ojibwe word meaning “crown of the valley”. The town in Newfoundland is named after a farm which was named in turn for the city in California.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The place name in California is claimed to be from an Ojibwe word meaning “crown of the valley”. The town in Newfoundland is named after a farm which was named in turn for the city in California.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.