Etymology

Rupert's Land

Today it means: A former territory in British North America, consisting of the Hudson Bay drainage basin, and now mainly a part of Canada. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Prince Rupert of the Rhine, a nephew of Charles I and the first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.