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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".
List of surnames of Native American origin. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. A. Aymaran-language surnames (1 P) I.
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 ...
Mobile County – named after a Native American tribe, perhaps from Choctaw moeli, meaning "to row" or "to paddle". [12] Shared with the city of Mobile, the Mobile Bay and the Mobile River. Talladega County – derived from the Muscogee phrase italua atigi, meaning "town on the border". [13] Shared with the cities of Talladega and Talladega ...
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
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 ...
Native American Place Names of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Native American Place Names of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Hartford Courant (editors?) (1999). "Ask the Courant: Where are the beginnings of four shoreline rivers, the Hammonasset, Menunketesuck, Patchogue and Indian rivers, and how did they come by their names?", Huden, John C. (1962).