Editing Island of Montreal (section)

== Name ==
[[File:Samuel de Champlain Carte geographique de la Nouvelle France.jpg|thumb|left|Map of [[New France]] (Champlain, 1612). "Montreal" is visible on the map next to a mountain in the approximate location. A more precise map was drawn by Champlain in 1632.]]
The first French name for the island was ''l'ille de Vilmenon'', noted by [[Samuel de Champlain]] in a 1616 map, and derived from the [[French nobility|sieur]] [[de Vilmenon]], a patron of the founders of Quebec at the court of [[Louis XIII of France|Louis{{nbs}}XIII]]. However, by 1632 Champlain referred to the ''Isle de Mont-real'' in another map. The island derived its name from Mount Royal ([[French language|French]] ''Mont Royal'', then pronounced {{IPA|fr|mɔ̃ ʁwajal|}}), and gradually spread its name to the town, which had originally been called Ville-Marie.

In [[Mohawk language|Kanien’kéha]], the island is called '''Tiohtià:ke tsi ionhwéntsare''' ('broken in two', referring to the [[Lachine Rapids]] to the island's southwest) or Otsirà:ke (meaning 'on the fire').<ref>{{cite web |author1=Office of the Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) |title=Learn about the Land and Peoples of Tiohtià:ke/ Montreal |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/indigenous/land-and-peoples/learn-about-land-and-peoples-tiohtiake-montreal |website=Indigenous Initiatives |publisher=McGill University |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref> In [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]], the land is called '''Mooniyaang''', named for the [[Seven fires prophecy|first stop]] in the great [[Anishinaabe]] migration from [[Wabanaki Confederacy|Dawnland]] (the [[Maritimes]]) to the [[Great American Lakes|Great Lakes]].