Wendake
/wɛnˈdɑːkeɪ/noun
Wendake is the name of the historic homeland and present-day urban territory of the Huron-Wendat Nation in and around Quebec City, Canada.
Did you know?Wendake is a modern form associated with the Wendat people, whose name was reshaped in European records into forms such as Huron and Wyandot.
Etymological Timeline
Before European contact
Wendat
Wendat
“The self-designation of the people later known in English as the Huron-Wendat.”
16th–17th Century
French
Ouendat
“A French rendering of the Wendat ethnonym recorded by missionaries and explorers.”
17th Century
English/French
Huron
“The European name that became widely used for the Wendat and related communities; its precise origin is disputed.”
17th–18th Century
English/French
Wyandot / Wyandotte
“Variant European forms connected with the Wendat ethnonym and later used for related Wendat-descended communities.”
Modern English
English
Wendake
“The name of the Huron-Wendat homeland and the contemporary Huron-Wendat community in Quebec.”
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