Kanata is an indigenous Canadian word in the

Iroquoian The Iroquoian languages are a language family of indigenous peoples of North America. They are known for their general lack of labial consonants. The Iroquoian languages are polysynthetic and head-marking. As of 2020, all surviving Iroquoian la ...

language meaning "village" or "settlement". It is the origin of the

name of Canada While a variety of theories have been postulated for the name of Canada, its origin is now accepted as coming from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word , meaning 'village' or 'settlement'. In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec C ...

. Kanata may also refer to: *

Kanata, Ontario Kanata (, ) is a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located about west of the city's downtown core. As of 2021, Kanata had an urban population of 137,118. Before it was amalgamated into Ottawa in 2001, it was one of the fastest-growing ...

, a suburb of Ottawa, Canada *

Kanata Aikawa is a Japanese voice actress from Hyōgo Prefecture who is affiliated with Music Ray'n. She began her activities as a voice actress in 2020 after passing an audition held by Music Ray'n, and is part of their third generation of voice actresses. ...

(born 2004), Japanese voice actress *

Kanata Hongō is a Japanese actor, voice actor and Model (person), model. He is part of Stardust Promotion and has appeared several times in music videos, movies, TV series, and magazines. His major breakthrough role was as Ryoma Echizen in the The Prince of ...

(born 1990), Japanese actor *

Kanata Irei is a Japanese actor, musician and fashion model. He was born February 3, 1982, in Argentina as , but uses the stage name "Kanata." This comes from his grandfather on his father's side, who gave him a Japanese name because he did not like his gi ...

(born 1982), a Japanese actor *

Kanata Okajima is a Multi Platinum songwriter raised in Tokyo. Active since 2004, she has worked with many Japanese artists such as Namie Amuro, EXILE, E-girls as well as international artists like BTS (band), Che'Nelle, Twice, Girls' Generation, SHINee, ...

(born 1984), Japanese songwriter * Kanata Izumi, a character from the anime/manga series '' Lucky Star'' * Kanata Konoe, a character from the media project

Nijigasaki High School Idol Club is a Japanese multimedia spin-off project from the ''Love Live!'' series and its game series ''Love Live! School Idol Festival''. It was first introduced in 2017 as "Perfect Dream Project" and was initially created as part of the game ''Love ...

* 52500 Kanata, an asteroid *

Maz Kanata Maz Kanata is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. Introduced in the 2015 film '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'', she is a computer-generated imagery character voiced and performed through motion capture by Lupita Nyong'o. Maz, ...

, a former space pirate in the sequel era of the ''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...

'' universe

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