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Native peoples lived throughout Virginia for at least 12,000 years. [1] At contact, most tribes in what is now Virginia spoke languages from three major language families: Algonquian along the coast and Tidewater region, Siouan in the Piedmont region above the Fall Line , and Iroquoian in the interior, particularly the mountains.
Some of the current place names of Native American origin in present-day Virginia and Maryland can be found recorded on Capt. John Smith's 1612 map of the region. This is a list of Native American place names in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Native American tribes in the U.S. state of Virginia. ... Pages in category "Native American tribes in Virginia" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of ...
List of Virginia placenames of Native American origin This page was last edited on 6 October 2022, at 02:31 (UTC). Text is ...
One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names.
The name Chesapeake is an anglicization of the Algonquian word, K'che-sepi-ack, which translates as "country on a great river." [1] In 1585, their name was recorded by English colonists as Ehesepiooc. [1] Their name is spelled many different ways and also listed as Chesapians. [1]
Virginia placenames of Native American origin (1 P) Pages in category "Native American history of Virginia" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total.
Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. OCLC 53019644. Google URL (pages to 150); Internet Archive URL (requires free registration and Borrow action) Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press.