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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]
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.
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Verdi Lake in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada. The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn ("a small mountain lake without tributaries") meaning pond. In parts of Northern England – predominantly Cumberland and Westmorland (where there are 197), [2] but also areas of North Lancashire and North Yorkshire – 'tarn' is widely used as the name for small lakes or ponds, regardless of their ...
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
The lake was dubbed "Lake Calhoun" by European colonizers. The original name is likely a Dakota translation of the placename given by the Iowa people who inhabited the area until the 16th century. Early settlers and maps call it "Lake Medoza" after another Dakota name for the lake: Bde Bedoza. Big Stone Lake; Blue Earth River; Chippewa River ...
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Lake Fausse Pointe; Lake Fields in Terrebonne Parish; Flat Lake; Grand Lake; Grassy Lake (Louisiana) Indian Creek Reservoir; Jug Lake in Terrebonne Parish; John K. Kelly-Grand Bayou Reservoir in Red River Parish [19] Kincaid Reservoir; King Lake in Terrebonne Parish; Lac des Allemands; Lake Latt; Lost Lake; Lake Maurepas; Lake Mechant in ...