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Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common names for indigenous flora and fauna, or describe items of Native American or First Nations life and culture. Some few are names applied in honor of Native Americans or First Nations peoples or due to a vague similarity to the original object of the word.
Edward A. Goldman reported hearing the name from "several native hunters" in Panama in 1920. It is also reported as a native name for the howler monkey in Nicaragua. [188] Opossum (Didelphimorphia) marsupial: Powhatan: From aposoum ("white animal"), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa ("white dog"), originally referring to the Virginia ...
A Parisian gangster or thug (from the collective name Apache for several nations of Native Americans). [1] Bohemian A person with an unconventional artistic lifestyle (originally meaning an inhabitant of Bohemia; the secondary meaning may derive from an erroneous idea that the Romani people originate from Bohemia). [2]
Unidilla - An Iroquois word meaning "place of meeting." Named after Unadilla, New York. Venango - An eastern Native American name in reference to a figure found on a tree, carved by the Erie. Waco - Named after Waco, Texas, which is the name of one of the divisions of the Tawokoni whose village stood on the site of Waco, Texas. Wahoo; Winnebago
The primary Native American languages in Michigan are Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, all of which are dialects of Algonquin. Some other places names in Michigan are found to be derived from Sauk , Oneida , Wyandot , Abenaki , Shawnee , Mohawk , Seneca , Seminole , Iroquois , and Delaware , although many of these tribes are not found in Michigan.
Hasbidito Creek – from a Navajo phrase meaning "dove spring". [9] Kinnikinick Lake; Lake Bekihatso – from the Navajo phrase be'e k'id hatsoh, meaning "big pond". [10] Segetoa Spring – from the Navajo phrase tsiyi't ohi, meaning "spring in the forest". [11] Setsiltso Spring – from the Navajo phrase chech'il tsoh, meaning "big oak". [11]
The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Minnesota whose names are derived from Native American languages or are popularly known by a Native-language name.
Quantico - Quantico is a Native American name meaning "place of dancing." Romancoke - the name Romancoke comes from the Algonquian word for "circling of the water." Seneca - named for the Seneca people, an Iroquoian tribe. Takoma Park - originally the name of Mount Rainier, from Lushootseed [təqʷúbəʔ] (earlier *təqʷúməʔ), 'snow ...