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Native American Names Of Places In The United States



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here are many places             meaning “tribe of superior men”   
including towns and states                                        
that were named after           Kansas: from Sioux word meaning   
Native American words or names.       “people of the south wind”        
In fact, about 50% of the states                                        
were named using Native American      Kentucky: from an Iroquois word   
words. Many of these places have      meaning “land of tomorrow”        
names that we almost take for                                           
granted these days and most           Massachusetts: from Massachusett  
people are unaware of their           word meaning “at or about the     
Native American aboriginal            great hill”                       
origins.                                                                
                                      Minnesota: from Dakota word       
A partial list of some well known     meaning “sky tinted water”        
places in the United States and                                         
their Native American meanings        Manhattan: from Algonquian word   
are below.                            meaning “isolated thing in water” 
                                                                        
Alabama : from Choctaw word           Milwaukee: from Algonquian word   
meaning “thicket clearers” or         meaning “good spot or place”      
“vegetation gatherers”                                                  
                                      Missouri: from Missouri word      
Alaska: from Aleut word meaning       meaning “town of large canoes”    
“great land” or “that which the                                         
sea breaks against”                   Nebraska: from Oto word meaning   
                                      “flat water”                      
Chicago: from Algonquian word                                           
meaning “garlic field”                North/South Dakota: from Sioux    
                                      word meaning “allies”             
Illinois: from Algonquian word                                          



Ohio: from Algonquian word            at a name of a city, town,        
meaning “great river”                 village, state, lake, mountain or 
                                      region, it just might have come   
Oklahoma: from two Choctaw words      from a Native American word. More 
meaning “red people”                  than likely, the place was named  
                                      with the influence of one of the  
Saratoga: from Mohawk word            regional or local Native American 
meaning “springs of water from        Indian tribes either still living 
the hillside”                         in the area or have lived in the  
                                      area before.                      
Tahoe: from Washo word meaning                                          
“big water”                                                             
                                      
examples. So next time you look      align="center">               




About the Author:

Clint Leung is owner of Free Spirit Gallery (http://www.FreeSpiritGallery.ca) , an online gallery specializing in Inuit Eskimo and Northwest Native American art including carvings, sculpture and prints. Free Spirit Gallery has numerous information resource articles with photos of authentic Inuit and Native Indian art as well as free eCards.


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