Why is Canada Jianada and not Kanada?

This might sound dumb, and I agree, it is, but nonetheless this is a serious question. Why is Canada called 加拿大 and not

咖拿大 or

卡拿大 or

咔拿大

Did somone, long ago, just sort of screw up with the translation? Or is it a dialect/different chinese language thing?

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