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Pages in category "Tennessee placenames of Native American origin" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Many places throughout the United States take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these languages.
Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos. In some western states, notably Nevada, there are Native American areas called Indian colonies ...
Pages in category "Native American tribes in Tennessee" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). [1] Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name. Cities with populations over 100,000 are in bold.
List of place names in Nebraska of Native American origin; List of place names of Native American origin in New England; List of New Jersey placenames of Native American origin; List of New York placenames of Native American origin; List of North Carolina placenames of Native American origin
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 ...
Monument near the old site of Tanasi in Monroe County. The earliest known written variant of the name that became Tennessee was recorded by Spanish explorer Captain Juan Pardo when he and his men passed through a Native American village named "Tanasqui" in 1567 while traveling inland from modern-day South Carolina.