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However, scholars of the language translate it as 'place of strong current.' Mettawa – named for a nearby Potawatomi settlement; Minonk – from the Ojibwe word meaning “a good place” or from the Mohican word meaning “high point”. Minooka; Mokena – a name derived from a Native American language meaning "mud turtle" Moweaqua; Nachusa ...
Pages in category "Oregon placenames of Native American origin" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 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.
No Native American group in the state of Oregon maintained a written language prior to the arrival of European Americans, nor for a considerable period thereafter. It is therefore necessary to make use of visitor accounts and the records and press of frequently hostile and poorly comprehending outsiders to reconstruct the story of the region's ...
One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names.
The Tillamook are a Native American tribe from coastal Oregon of the Salish linguistic group. The name "Tillamook" is a Chinook language term meaning "people of [the village] Nekelim (or Nehalem)", [1] sometimes it is given as a Coast Salish term, meaning "Land of Many Waters".
Burlington, 5 places in Kansas, Iowa, Michigan, Vermont, and Wisconsin – Burling family (This family owned the land upon which the city in Vermont was built. The other cities derive their name from the Vermont one). [91] [93] [94] Burnet, Texas – Governor David G. Burnet [91] Burnsville, Indiana – Brice Bruns (founder) [91]
Campell, Lyle (1997), American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-509427-1; Douthit, Nathan (2002), Uncertain Encounters: Indians and Whites at Peace and War in Southern Oregon 1820s-1860s, New York: Oregon State University Press, ISBN 0-87071-549-6