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  2. Cherokee - Wikipedia

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    Tsalagi Gawonihisdi (ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ) is the Cherokee name for the Cherokee language. [18] [19] Many theories, though all unproven, abound about the origin of the name Cherokee. It may have originally been derived from one of the competitive tribes in the area.

  3. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United ...

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    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

  4. Cherokee history - Wikipedia

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    Cherokee history is the ... with the origin of the decline traced to a revolt by the Cherokee ... Historians have noted that the name closely resembles ...

  5. Word from the Smokies: Park’s highest peak reclaims ... - AOL

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    The mountain was named Clingmans Dome in 1859, but following a Sept. 18 vote from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, its traditional Cherokee name — Kuwohi, which means “mulberry place ...

  6. List of place names of Native American origin in the United ...

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    The name "Wyoming" comes from a Delaware Tribe word Mechaweami-ing or "maughwauwa-ma", meaning large plains or extensive meadows, which was the tribe's name for a valley in northern Pennsylvania. The name Wyoming was first proposed for use in the American West by Senator Ashley of Ohio in 1865 in a bill to create a temporary government for ...

  7. 'Sacred': Cherokee name in, Confederate general out for ... - AOL

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    The U.S. Board of Geographic Names this week approved a formal request by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The effort was started in 2022 by band members Mary Crowe and Lavita Hill, who ...

  8. History of the Cherokee language - Wikipedia

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    Pre-contact Distribution of the Cherokee Language. The Cherokee language is the indigenous American Iroquoian language native to the Cherokee people. In 2019, the Tri-Council of Cherokee tribes declared a state of emergency for the language due to the threat of it going extinct, calling for the enhancement of revitalization programs.

  9. List of Alabama placenames of Native American origin

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    Name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "creek where the panther was killed". Sea Warrior Creek, creek in Choctaw County. "Sea Warrior" is the result of a name corrupted from the Choctaw language (Isawaya [44]) purported to mean "crouching deer". Sepulga River - possibly from the Muscogee svwokle, a tribal town. [45]