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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.
Miami – Native American name for Lake Okeechobee and the Miami River, precise origin debated; see also Mayaimi [44] Micanopy – named after Seminole chief Micanopy. Myakka City – from unidentified Native American language. Ocala – from Timucua meaning "Big Hammock".
Kanata: Mohawk word meaning "village" or "settlement." Kapuskasing: Of Cree origin, possibly meaning "bend in river." Kawartha Lakes: An Anglicization of the word ka-wa-tha (from ka-wa-tae-gum-maug or gaa-waategamaag), a word coined in 1895 by Martha Whetung of the Curve Lake First Nation, meaning "land of reflections" in the Anishinaabe language
Shannon: Irish Sionann, name of a river goddess, Old Irish Sinann, from sen "old, ancient" [6] Siret: from ancient Thracian Seretos, probably from PIE *sreu = "to flow" Slaney: Irish meaning "river of health" Tay: Celtic river goddess Tawa (Tava, Tatha, "the silent one") [7] Tambre: From Tamaris with the same root that Tamar.
Chattooga River - may derive from the Cherokee word jitaaga (chicken) or Muscogee cato (rock). [41] Choctawhatchee River - Choctaw word hacha (river) and the name for the tribe, literally the "River of the Choctaws". [8] Luxapallila Creek - from Choctaw words luksi a balali (turtles crawl there) [42] Noxubee River - derived from Choctaw word ...
Probably made up by George M. "Doc" Willing as a practical joke; [28] originally claimed to have been derived from a word in a Native American language that meant 'Gem of the Mountains'. [29] The name was initially proposed for the Territory of Colorado until its origins were discovered.
Ashtabula River; Coshocton County – derived from Unami Lenape Koshaxkink 'where there is a river crossing', probably adapted as Koshaxktun 'ferry' ('river-crossing device'). Coshocton; Cuyahoga County – originally Mohawk Cayagaga 'crooked river', possibly related to kayuha 'creek' or kahyonhowanen 'river'. [5] [2] Cuyahoga River; Erie County
Connecticut, the state, and river: (in several dialects) "place of the long river" or "by the long tidal stream" Aspetuck River (and town): (Paugussett) "at the high place" Cockenoe Island: (Montauk) from the name of a 17th-century native interpreter; Coginchaug River: (Wangunk) "place where fish are dried/cured"