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Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 080613576X. Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195094271
Being naturally curious, they asked the natives what the names meant or conjectured among themselves or both. The natives were faced with having to explain the name in a language they knew but rudimentarily. They interpreted freely, often giving the use or features of interest about the place rather than trying to explain the elements of their ...
Pages in category "Connecticut placenames of Native American origin" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
Many places throughout the United States take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these languages.
Representatives from Connecticut’s five sovereign tribal nations, the governor and other state leaders met in Hartford Wednesday to announce a historic collaboration between the Native American ...
American + Sāmoa: The CIA World Factbook says "The name Samoa is composed of two parts, 'sa', meaning sacred, and 'moa', meaning center, so the name can mean Holy Center; alternately, it can mean 'place of the sacred moa bird' of Polynesian mythology." [113] "American" is ultimately derived from Amerigo Vespucci. [114]
The reversal has unsettled many in the southeastern Connecticut town, which has considered itself immune to controversies stirred by Native American mascots elsewhere because of its close ties to ...
Native American names Before we go any further, a disclaimer: The way Rhode Islanders pronounce these names today would probably be unrecognizable to the indigenous Narragansett, Niantic, Nipmuc ...