Rupert's Land

Meaning

Proper Noun

A former territory in British North America, consisting of the Hudson Bay drainage basin, and now mainly a part of Canada.

Origin

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

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