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Østensjøvann is a Norwegian lake name that concatenates sjø ('lake that is not as narrow as a fjord') and vann ('lake'). Similarly Møsvann in Telemark, Norway combines mjøsa meaning 'lake' with vann meaning 'lake'. Pistyll Rhaeadr, Wales. Both pistyll and rhaeadr have connotations of "waterfall, spout, cascade". [16]
Wakaw: A Cree word meaning crooked, referring to nearby Wakaw Lake. Wapella: Meaning either water underground or gently falling snow, where wape means to snow in Dakota. Waskesiu: From the Cree word meaning red deer or elk. (Also resort town of Waskesiu Lake) Wawota: From the Dakota words wa ota, which means much snow. Wa means snow, oda or ota ...
Ottumwa – Algonquian word possibly meaning "rippling waters", "place of perseverance or self-will", or "town". Owanka – Lakota for "good camping ground". It was originally named Wicota, a Lakota word meaning "a crowd". [138] Pukwana – the name given to the smoke emitted from a Native American peace pipe.
Canada itself is a name derived from a Laurentian Iroquois word meaning "village" [1] [2] (c.f. Mohawk kaná:ta’). [3] [4] See Canada's name for more details. Aboriginal names are widespread in Canada - for a full listing see List of place names in Canada of aboriginal origin. Those listed here are only well-known, important or otherwise ...
Chesaning – Ojibwe word meaning "big rock place". Shared with the township of Chesaning. Chikaming – Indian word "chickaming" meaning "lake". [37] Cohoctah – Indian word meaning "many trees in water". [38] Cohoctah in Livingston County; Dowagiac – Potawatomi word "dewje'og" meaning "fishing waters". [39] Dowagiac River
Indian Place Names of New England, Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation; O'Brien, Frank Waabu (2010). Understanding Indian Place Names in Southern New England. Colorado: Bauu Press. Trumbull, James H. (1881). Indian Names of Places, etc., in and on the Borders of Connecticut: With Interpretations of Some of Them.
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With a name meaning "come in naked" in Brazilian Portuguese, the folks of this district in the city of Taquara in Brazil must be very comfortable with public nudity. Equality: A small community primarily in Coosa County, Alabama, also bordering Elmore and Tallapoosa counties. Erba: A place in Italy. "Erba" is a slang term for "weed" in Italian ...
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