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  2. 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 ...

  3. Naming customs of Taiwanese indigenous peoples - Wikipedia

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    Personal name + Patronymic/Matronymic name + Clan name Personal name + Clan name Personal name + Patronymic/Matronymic name: Ado' Kaliting Pacidal (阿洛·卡立亭·巴奇辣) Difang Tuwana (郭英男) Mayaw Ciro (陳鏞基) Part of the tribe omit patronymic/matronymic name, directly connected clan name. Unable to visit the clan of the tribe,

  4. List of Taínos - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of known Taíno, some of whom were caciques (male and female tribal chiefs).Their names are in ascending alphabetical order and the table may be re-sorted by clicking on the arrows in the column header cells.

  5. List of medieval Mongol tribes and clans - Wikipedia

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    The Merkits was a Mongol tribe or potentially a Mongolised Turkic group [6] [7] who opposed the rise of Temüjin, and kidnapped his new wife Börte. They were defeated and absorbed into the Mongol nation early in the 13th century.

  6. List of placenames of Indigenous origin in the Americas

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    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 ...

  7. Tribal name - Wikipedia

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    A tribal name is a name of an ethnic tribe —usually of ancient origin, which represented its self-identity.. Studies of Native American tribal names show that most had an original meaning comparable to "human," "people" "us"—the "tribal" name for itself was often the localized ethnic self-perception of the general word for "human being."

  8. List of Pakistani family names - Wikipedia

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    Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.

  9. List of Native American leaders of the Indian Wars - Wikipedia

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    Name Life Years Active Tribe Of Origin Comments Black Elk: 1863–1950 1870–1890s Lakota: A prominent Wichasha Wakan of the Oglala Lakota, he was a combatant at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. During the late 1880s, he was involved in the Ghost Dance movement and was injured at the Wounded Knee Massacre. Black Hawk: 1767–1838 1810s ...