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Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common names for indigenous flora and fauna, or describe items of Native American or First Nations life and culture. Some few are names applied in honor of Native Americans or First Nations peoples or due to a vague similarity to the original object of the word.
When the common name of the organism in English derives from an indigenous language of the Americas, it is given first. In biological nomenclature , organisms receive scientific names , which are formally in Latin , but may be drawn from any language and many have incorporated words from indigenous language of the Americas.
Ottumwa – Algonquian word possibly meaning "rippling waters", "place of perseverance or self-will", or "town". Owanka – Lakota for "good camping ground". It was originally named Wicota, a Lakota word meaning "a crowd". [138] Pukwana – the name given to the smoke emitted from a Native American peace pipe.
The word Estland/Eistland has been linked to Old Norse eist, austr meaning "the east". [ 200 ] The Estonian endonym Eesti was first attested in writing as Estimah in 1638, as a combination of the name Est- and the word -mah ("land"), which is still used as an alternative name Eestimaa in modern Standard Estonian.
The following are lists of words in the English language that are known as "loanwords" or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages.. For Old English-derived words, see List of English words of Old English origin.
Aloe (English loan word) Aloe vera: Agavaceae (Yucca family) Aloe vera Aoa: Ficus obliqua: Moraceae (Mulberry family) Polynesian banyan, strangler fig ʻApu Initia (English loan word) Anacardium occidentale: Anacardiaceae (Cashew family) Cashew, "Indian Apple" Ateate: Wollastonia biflora: Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Beach sunflower ʻAu'auli ...
Plants of the World is also used for the family and order classification for each genus. The second column gives a meaning or derivation of the word, such as a language of origin. The second column gives a meaning or derivation of the word, such as a language of origin.
This is a list of English words derived from Australian Aboriginal languages.Some are restricted to Australian English as a whole or to certain regions of the country. . Others, such as kangaroo and boomerang, have become widely used in other varieties of English, and some have been borrowed into other languages beyond En