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New Mexico is a state located in the Western United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, New Mexico is the 15th least-populous state with 2,117,522 inhabitants [1] but the 5th-largest by land area, spanning 121,298.15 square miles (314,160.8 km 2). [2] New Mexico is divided into 33 counties and contains 106 municipalities ...
Nehawka - An approximation to the Omaha and Otoe Indian name of a nearby creek meaning "rustling water." Nemaha - Named after the Nemaha River, based on an Otoe word meaning "swampy water." [53] Niobrara - The Omaha and Ponca word for spreading water or spreading river. Oconee - Named for Oconee, Illinois. Oconee was the name of a Creek town.
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, New Mexico (part), is a part of the United States National Historic Trail system, that was a 1,600-mile (2560-kilometer) long trade route between Mexico City and San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, from 1598 to 1882 (The Royal Road of the Interior Land)
List of Nevada county name etymologies; List of New Hampshire county name etymologies; List of New Jersey county name etymologies. Etymologies of place names in Hudson County, New Jersey; Toponymy of Bergen, New Netherland; List of New Mexico county name etymologies; List of New York county name etymologies; List of North Carolina county name ...
Site name Pueblo people Nearest town (modern name) Location Type Description Photo Abó: Tiwa/Tompiro Mountainair: Ruins located in the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. Acacagua: Ruins. Sometimes called Acacagui or Accafui [1] Acoma: Keres Village Also called "Sky City", Acoma is an active pueblo.
Pages in category "New Mexico placenames of Native American origin" ... Taos, New Mexico This page was last edited on 6 October 2022, at 02:28 (UTC). ...
The Latin name Caesarea was also applied to the colony of New Jersey as Nova Caesarea, because the Roman name of the island was thought to have been Caesarea. [70] [71] The name "Jersey" most likely comes from the Norse name Geirrsey, meaning 'Geirr's Island'. [72] New Mexico: November 1, 1859: Nahuatl via Spanish: Mēxihco via Nuevo México
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...