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Anacostia – from the Piscataway name Anakwashtank, meaning 'a place of traders'. [35] Originally the name of a village of the Piscataway tribe on the Anacostia River. Also rendered as Nacochtank or Nacostine. Takoma – originally the name of Mount Rainier, from Lushootseed [təqʷúbəʔ] (earlier *təqʷúməʔ), 'snow-covered mountain'. [36]
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( November 2020 ) This is a list of notable towns and other geographic features named after animals.
Named for the Comahue region, whose name means 'place of abundance', or perhaps 'where the water hurt', and Greek therium, meaning "beast". [citation needed] Conepatus chinga (Hog-nosed skunk) skunk: Nahuatl and Mapudungun: The genus name is most likely from conepatl, the Nahuatl name of the
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
In some cases the native meanings of a place name are wholly lost, despite guesses and theories, for example Tampa and Oregon. Place names in the United States tend to be more easily traceable to their origins, such as towns simply named after the founder or an important politician of the time, with no alterations except a simple suffix, like ...
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Pages in category "Lists of animals by location" The following 5 pages are in this category, out ...
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 ...
Nollesemic: (Abnaki) "resting place at the falls" Nollesemic Lake; Ogunquit: (Mi'kmaq) "lagoons within dunes" Ogunquit River; Orono: (Abnaki) purportedly from a Chief Joseph Orono, no translation; Oquossoc: (Abnaki) "place of trout" (a certain trout-type) Passadumkeag: (Abnaki) "rapids over gravel beds" Passadumkeag River; Sabattus. Sabattus River