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This page was last edited on 20 September 2023, at 14:34 (UTC). ... Category: Surnames of Native American origin. 1 language ...
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".
This list of Native Americans a notable individuals who are Native Americans in the United States, including Alaska Natives and American Indians. [1] [2] Native American identity is a complex and contested issue. The Bureau of Indian Affairs defines Native American as having American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry.
Surnames of Native American origin (3 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Surnames of North American origin" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Huden, John C. (1962). 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.
The origins of some of Kahnawake's European family names were first published by Father Forbes in 1899. [2] Below is detailed history of Kahnawake's most common surnames of European / North American origin. Beauvais: the first Beauvais was André Karhaton, who married Marie-Anne Kahenratas before 1743. He was a young man from the Beauvais ...
Tomahawk – named after the eponymous Native American weapon. Tuckahoe; Viropa; Wahoo; Waneta; Wappocomo; Watoga – from the Cherokee word for "starry waters." [1] Watoga State Park; Weyanoke; Winona (Taylor County) Winona (Fayette County) Wyco; Wyoma; Yukon – named after the eponymous Alaska river.
The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Mississippi whose names are derived from Native American languages.The name of Coila is not of Native American origin. It is a Scottish name that is a poetic rendering of the name Kyle.