List of place names in the United States of Native American origin

Many places throughout the United States of America take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these languages.

State names

* Alabama – named for the Alibamu, a tribe whose name derives from a Choctaw phrase meaning "thicket-clearers" or "plant-cutters" (from ''albah'', "(medicinal) plants", and ''amo'', "to clear").
* Alaska – from the Aleut phrase ''alaxsxaq'', meaning "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed").
* Arizona – disputed origin; likely from the O'odham phrase ''ali ṣona-g'', meaning "having a little spring".
* Arkansas – from the Illinois rendering of the tribal autonym ''kką:ze'' (see Kansas, below), which the Miami and Illinois used to refer to the Quapaw.
* Connecticut – from some Eastern Algonquian language of southern New England (perhaps Mahican), meaning "at the long tidal river" (after the Connecticut River).
* Idaho – may be from Plains Apache ''ídaahę́'', "enemy", used to refer to the Comanches, or it may have been an invented word.
* Illinois – from the French rendering of an Algonquian (perhaps Miami) word apparently meaning "s/he speaks normally" (c.f. Miami ''ilenweewa''), from Proto-Algonquian ''*elen-'', "ordinary" + ''-wē'', "to speak", referring to the Illiniwek.
* Iowa – from Dakota ''ayúxba'' or ''ayuxwe'', via French ''Aiouez''.
* Kansas – from the autonym ''kką:ze''.
* Kentucky – from an Iroquoian word meaning "at the meadow" or "on the prairie"Mithun, Marianne. 1999. ''Languages of Native North America''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pg. 312 (c.f. Seneca ''gëdá’geh'' , "at the field").
* Massachusetts – from an Algonquian language of southern New England, and apparently means "near the small big mountain", usually identified as Great Blue Hill on the border of Milton and Canton, MassachusettsSalwen, Bert, 1978. ''Indians of Southern New England and Long Island: Early Period''. In "Northeast", ed. Bruce G. Trigger. Vol. 15 of "Handbook of North American Indians", ed. William C. Sturtevant, pp. 160–176. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. Quoted in: Campbell, Lyle. 1997. ''American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pg. 401 (c.f. the Narragansett name ''Massachusêuck'').
* Michigan – from the Ottawa phrase ''mishigami'', meaning "large water" or "large lake".".
* Minnesota – from the Dakota phrase ''mni-sota'', meaning "turbid water".
* Mississippi – from an Algonquian language, probably Ojibwe, meaning "big river" (Ojibwe ''misiziibi'').
* Missouri – named for the Missouri tribe, whose name comes from Illinois ''mihsoori'', "dugout canoe".
* Nebraska – from the Chiwere phrase ''ñįbraske'', meaning "flattened water".
* New Mexico – the name "Mexico" comes from Nahuatl ''Mēxihco'', of unknown derivation.
* North Dakota and South Dakota – ''dakhóta'' comes from the Sioux word for "friend" or "ally".
* Ohio – from Seneca ''ohi:yo’'', "beautiful river".
* Oklahoma – invented by Chief Allen Wright as a rough translation of "Indian Territory"; in Choctaw, ''okla'' means "people", "tribe", or "nation", and ''homa-'' means "red", thus: "Red people".
*Tennessee – derived from the name of a Cherokee village, ''Tanasi'', whose etymology is unknown.
* Texas – from the Caddo phrase ''táyshaʔ'', meaning "friend".
* Utah – from a language of one of the Ute tribe's neighbors, such as Western Apache ''yúdah'', "high up".
* Wisconsin – originally "Mescousing", from an Algonquian language, though the source and meaning is not entirely clear; most likely from the Miami word ''Meskonsing'' meaning "it lies red" (c.f. Ojibwe ''miskosin'').
* Wyoming – from the Munsee Delaware phrase ''xwé:wamənk'', meaning "at the big river flat".

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Settlements

* Appoquinimink Hundred
* Hockessin
* Minquadale
* Naamans Gardens – named after a Minqua chief who befriended the settlers of New Sweden.
** Naamans Creek
* Wawaset Park
* Wyoming – from the Munsee Delaware phrase ''xwé:wamənk'', meaning "at the big river flat".

District of Columbia

Settlements

* Anacostia – from the Piscataway name ''Anakwashtank'', meaning 'a place of traders'. Originally the name of a village of the Piscataway tribe on the Anacostia River. Also rendered as Nacochtank or Nacostine.
* Takoma – originally the name of Mount Rainier, from Lushootseed (earlier ), 'snow-covered mountain'. The location on the boundary of DC and Maryland was named ''Takoma'' in 1883 by DC resident Ida Summy, who believed it to mean 'high up' or 'near heaven'.

Bodies of water

* Potomac River – from the Piscataway language or from a northern dialect of Virginia Algonquian, original form '' patawomek'', meaning 'they bring it' (for trading).

Florida

Counties

* Alachua County and Alachua – from the Timucuan ''chua'', meaning sinkhole.
* Escambia County
* Manatee County – from Taíno ''manatí'' meaning "breast".
* Okaloosa County – from the Choctaw words ''oka'' (water) and ''lusa'' (black).
* Okeechobee County – from the Hitchiti words oki (water) and chobi (big), a reference to Lake Okeechobee, the largest lake in Florida.
* Osceola County – named after Osceola, the Native American leader who led the Second Seminole War.
* Sarasota County
* Seminole County – named after the Seminole Native American tribe.
* Suwannee County – from Timucua "suwani" meaning "echo river".
** Suwannee River
* Volusia County
* Wakulla County

Settlements

* Abacoa – Originally the name of a village of the Jaega tribe.
* Alafaya – After the Alafay people, a sub-group of the Pohoy
* Apalachicola – from Choctaw Apalachee + ''oklah'', "people". Name of the Apalachicola Province.
* Apopka – from probably Seminole Aha, meaning "Potato," and papka, meaning "eating place".
* Hialeah – From Muscogee – from Choctaw(?) ''im-okli'', "his/her home".
* Kissimmee – Disputed meaning, perhaps derived from Ais word "Cacema" meaning "long water".
* Miami – Native American name for Lake Okeechobee and the Miami River, precise origin debated; see also Mayaimi
* Micanopy – named after Seminole chief Micanopy.
* Myakka City – from unidentified Native American language.
* Ocala – from Timucua meaning "Big Hammock".
* Pensacola – from the Choctaw name of a Muskogean group, "hair people", from ''pashi'', "hair" + ''oklah'', "people".
* Steinhatchee – from the Muscogee – from the name of a Creek town, ''talahá:ssi'', perhaps from ''(i)tálwa'', "tribal town" + ''ahá:ssi'', "old, rancid".
* Tampa – probably from the name of a Calusa village, with no further known etymology.
* Tequesta – named for the Tequesta tribe.
* Thonotosassa – from the Seminole-Creek words ''thlonto'' and ''sasse'', meaning the place was a source of valuable flint.
* Wekiva Springs – from Creek word for "spring".

Bodies of water

* Caloosahatchee River – from Calusa + ''hatchee'', Choctaw for river.
* Loxahatchee River – from Seminole for ''river of turtles.''
* Withlacoochee River – from Creek ''we'' (water), ''thlako'' (big), and ''chee'' (little), or ''little big water.''

Other

* Paynes Prairie – named after leading chief of the Seminoles King Payne.

Georgia

Counties

* Catoosa County
* Chattahoochee County
** Chattahoochee River – a major tributary of the Apalachicola River that makes up the southern half of the Alabama-Georgia border
* Chattooga County
* Cherokee County – named after the Cherokee people.
* Coweta County
* Muscogee County
* Oconee County
* Seminole County

Settlements

* Cataula – a small community on US 27 in Harris County where 20th century guitar virtuoso Chet Adkins was born
* Dahlonega
* Nankipooh – once a whistle stop on the Central of Georgia railroads "R" branch, it is now a suburb of Columbus
* Ochillie – a creek that flows northwest through Chattahoochee county, within the boundaries of the Fort Benning military reservation, and into Upatoi creek
* Schatulga – a small community in western Columbus/Muscogee County
* Toccoa
* Upatoi – a creek that runs between Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in west-central Georgia
* Weracoba – a creek and city park in Columbus

Hawaii

Counties

* Hawaii County
* Honolulu County
* Kalawao County
* Kauai County
* Maui County

Idaho

Counties

* Benewah County
* Caribou County
** Caribou Mountain
** Caribou Mountains
** Caribou–Targhee National Forest
* Kootenai County
** Kootenai River
* Latah County
** Latah Creek
* Minidoka County
* Oneida County
* Owyhee County
** Owyhee Mountains
** Owyhee River
** North Fork Owyhee River
** Middle Fork Owyhee River
** South Fork Owyhee River
** Little Owyhee River
* Shoshone County
** City of Shoshone
** Shoshone John Peak
** Shoshone Falls

Settlements

* Ahsahka
* Chatcolet
* Cocolalla
* Genesee
* Inkom
* Kamiah
* Kuna
* Lapwai
** Lapwai Creek
* Minidoka
* Nampa
* Picabo
* Pocatello
* Potlatch
** Potlatch River
* Tyhee
* Weippe
** Weippe Prairie

Bodies of water

* Hoodoo Lake
* Lochsa River
* Pahsimeroi River
* Secesh River
* Spokane River
* Chief Eagle Eye Creek
* Tolo Lake
* Toxaway Lake
* Yuba River

Other

* Moolack Mountain
* Mount Iowa
* Sacajawea Peaks

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Counties

* Chautauqua County
* Cherokee County – named after the Cherokee people.
* Cheyenne County – named after the Cheyenne people.
* Comanche County – named after the Comanche people.
* Kiowa County
* Miami County – named after the Miami people.
* Nemaha County
* Neosho County
* Osage County – named after the Osage people.
** Osage City
* Ottawa County – named after the Odawa people.
** City of Ottawa, Kansas, Ottawa
* Pawnee County, Kansas, Pawnee County – named after the Pawnee people, Pawnee people.
* Pottawatomie County, Kansas, Pottawatomie County – named after the Potawatomi people.
* Shawnee County, Kansas, Shawnee County – named after the Shawnee people.
** City of Shawnee, Kansas, Shawnee
* Wabaunsee County, Kansas, Wabaunsee County
* Wichita County, Kansas, Wichita County – disputed; from Choctaw, "Big Arbor". Osage, "Scattered Lodges". Kiowa, "Tattooed Faces". Creek people, Creek, "Barking Water".
** City of Wichita, Kansas, Wichita
* Wyandotte County, Kansas, Wyandotte County – named after the Wyandotte Nation, Wyandotte people.

Settlements

* Osawatomie, Kansas, Osawatomie – a compound of two primary Native American Indian tribes from the area, the Osage and Potawatomi, Pottawatomie
* Tonganoxie, Kansas, Tonganoxie – derives its name from a member of the Delaware tribe that once occupied land in what is now Leavenworth County and western Wyandotte County
* Topeka, Kansas, Topeka – from Kansa language, Kansa ''dóppikʔe'', "a good place to dig wild potatoes"

Kentucky

Settlements

* Kuttawa, Kentucky, Kuttawa
* Paducah, Kentucky, Paducah

Other

* Cherokee Park – named after the Cherokee people.
* Iroquois Park – The Iroquois Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe.
* Shawnee Park – The Shawnee Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe.

Louisiana

Parishes

* Avoyelles Parish – for the Avoyel people
* Caddo Parish – for the Caddo Native Americans
* Calcasieu Parish – means 'crying eagle,' the name of an Atakapa people, Atakapa leader
* Catahoula Parish – from a Taensa word meaning 'big, clear lake'
** Catahoula Lake
* Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish – after the Natchitoches people.
** Natchitoches, Louisiana, Natchitoches
* Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, Ouachita Parish – for the Ouachita River
* Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish – based on the Atakapa language, Atakapa word for persimmon, as the early French colonists found persimmon trees growing in the lands near the River mouth, mouth of the Mississippi River.
** Plaquemine, Louisiana, Plaquemine – town in Iberville Parish, in the vicinity of Bayou Plaquemine Brulé (see above)
** Bayou Plaquemine Brule – translating as 'burnt persimmon bayou'
* Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana, Saint Tammany Parish – for the legendary Native American chief Tamanend
* Tangipahoa Parish – for the Tangipahoa River
** Tangipahoa, Louisiana – a present-day village in Tangipahoa Parish (see below)
** Tangipahoa River – for the Tangipahoa tribe, closely related to the Acolapissa people; the name is said to refer to those who grind corn.
* Tensas Parish, Louisiana, Tensas Parish – for the Taensa people

Settlements

* Houma, Louisiana, Houma – for the Houma people; seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, Terrebonne Parish
* Natchez, Louisiana – present-day village in Natchitoches Parish; after the Natchez people
* Opelousas, Louisiana, Opelousas – for the native Appalousa people who formerly occupied the area
* Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Ponchatoula is a name signifying "falling hair" or "hanging hair" or "flowing hair" from the Choctaw ''Pashi'' "hair" and ''itula'' or ''itola'' "to fall" or "to hang" or "flowing". The Choctaw name ''Ponchatoula'' means "flowing hair", arrived at by the Choctaw as a way of expressing the beauty of the location with much moss hanging from the trees. "Ponche" is a Choctaw word meaning location, an object, or a perso

See the eponymous Ponchatoula Creek.
* Tickfaw, Louisiana – a present-day village in Tangipahoa Parish (see Tickfaw River)
** Tickfaw River – appears to have the same linguistics, linguistic roots as Tangipahoa River.
* Tunica, Louisiana, Tunica – a community in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, West Feliciana Parish, for the Tunica people
** Tunica Hills – a forest region and wildlife management area, also for the Tunica people

Bodies of water

* Atchafalaya River – from Choctaw words meaning 'long river' (similar to Bogue Falaya's meaning, below); a distributary of the Red River of the South, Red River and Mississippi River
* Atchafalaya Basin, Atchafalaya Swamp – the largest wetland area in the United States
* Bogue Falaya – tributary of the Tchefuncte River, from the Choctaw words for 'long' and 'river'
* Mississippi River – from the Ojibwe name for the waterway, 'Great River'
* Tchefuncte River – for the historic Tchefuncte site, Tchefuncte culture

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Counties

* Mississippi County, Missouri, Mississippi County
* Moniteau County, Missouri, Moniteau County
* Nodaway County, Missouri, Nodaway County
* Osage County, Missouri, Osage County
** City of Osage Beach, Missouri, Osage Beach
* Pemiscot County, Missouri, Pemiscot County
* Texas County, Missouri, Texas County

Settlements

* Chilhowee, Missouri, Chilhowee
* Chillicothe, Missouri, Chillicothe
* Koshkonong, Missouri, Koshkonong
* Lake Tapawingo, Missouri, Lake Tapawingo
* Lake Winnebago, Missouri, Lake Winnebago
* Meramec River
* Miami, Missouri, Miami
* Neosho, Missouri, Neosho
* Niangua, Missouri, Niangua
** Niangua River
** Lake Niangua
* Osceola, Missouri, Osceola
* Saginaw, Missouri, Saginaw
* Sarcoxie, Missouri, Sarcoxie
* Seneca, Missouri, Seneca
* Shawnee Mac Lakes, Missouri, Shawnee Mac Lakes
* Tallapoosa, Missouri, Tallapoosa
* Tecumseh, Missouri, Tecumseh
* Wasola, Missouri, Wasola

Others

* Ha Ha Tonka State Park

Montana

Counties

* Missoula County, Montana, Missoula County
** City of Missoula, Montana, Missoula
** Village of East Missoula, Montana, East Missoula

Settlements

* Absarokee, Montana, Absarokee
* Agawam, Montana, Agawam
* Bannack, Montana, Bannack
* Camas, Montana, Camas
* Charlo, Montana, Charlo
** Village of Charlos Heights, Montana, Charlo's Heights
* Chinook, Montana, Chinook
* Comanche, Montana, Comanche, named for the Comanche people of the southern plains
* Ekalaka, Montana, Ekalaka
* Hoosac, Montana, Hoosac
* Kalispell, Montana, Kalispell, Salish word meaning "flat land above the lake"
* Lima, Montana, Lima
* Moccasin, Montana, Moccasin
* Nashua, Montana, Nashua
* New Miami Colony, Montana, New Miami Colony
* Niarada, Montana, Niarada
* Oswego, Montana, Oswego
* Potomac, Montana, Potomac
* Quebec, Montana, Quebec
* Saco, Montana, Saco
* Saltese, Montana, Saltese
* Saugus, Montana, Saugus
* Shawmut, Montana, Shawmut
* Spokane Creek, Montana, Spokane Creek
* Tampico, Montana, Tampico
* Tarkio, Montana, Tarkio
* Turah, Montana, Turah
* Washoe, Montana, Washoe
* Wyola, Montana, Wyola
* Yaak, Montana, Yaak – from a Kootenay word meaning ‘arrow’.
** Yaak River

Bodies of water

* Arapooish Pond
* Cherokee Reservoir – named after the Cherokee people.
* Cheyenne Reservoir
* Kootenai River
** Kootenai National Forest
* Missouri River
** Little Missouri River (North Dakota), Little Missouri River
* Navaho Reservoir
* Navajo Tarn
* North Chinook Reservoir
* Sacagawea River
* Shambow Pond
* Shonkin Lake
** Shonkin Sag
* Shupak Ponds
* Sioux Reservoir
* Slag-a-melt Lakes
* Tahepia Lake
* Tepee Butte Reservoir
** Tepee Butte
* Tobacco River (Montana), Tobacco River
* Ute Reservoir
* Waukena Lake
* Wichiup Reservoir
* Wigwam River

Other

* Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness
** Absaroka Range

Nebraska

Counties

* Cheyenne County, Nebraska, Cheyenne County - named after the Cheyenne people.
* Dakota County, Nebraska, Dakota County - named after the Dakota people.
* Keya Paha County, Nebraska, Key Paha County - Means "turtle hill", is descriptive of the small hills in its vicinity.
* Nemaha County, Nebraska, Nemaha County
* Otoe, Nebraska, Otoe County
* Pawnee County, Nebraska, Pawnee County - named after the Pawnee people, Pawnee people.
* Sioux County, Nebraska, Sioux County - named after the Sioux people.

Settlements

* Anoka, Nebraska, Anoka - A Dakota Indian word meaning "on both sides."
* Arapahoe, Nebraska, Arapahoe
* Hyannis, Nebraska, Hyannis - Named after Hyannis, Massachusetts, which was named after Iyannough, a sachem of the Cummaquid tribe.
* Iowa Township, Holt County, Nebraska, Iowa
* Kenesaw Township, Adams County, Nebraska, Kenesaw
* Leshara, Nebraska, Leshara - Named after Petalesharo, Chief Petalesharo.
* Mankato, Nebraska, Mankato - Mankota is from the Dakota Indian word ''Maḳaṭo'', meaning "blue earth". Named for Mankato, Minnesota.
* Minatare, Nebraska, Minatare - From the Hidatsa word ''mirita'ri,'' meaning "crosses the water."
* Monowi, Nebraska, Monowi - Meaning "flower", this town was so named because there were so many wild flowers growing in the vicinity.
* Nehawka, Nebraska, Nehawka - An approximation to the Omaha and Otoe Indian name of a nearby creek meaning "rustling water."
* Nemaha, Nebraska, Nemaha - Named after the Nemaha River basin, Nemaha River, based on an Otoe word meaning "swampy water."
* Niobrara, Nebraska, Niobrara - The Omaha and Ponca word for spreading water or spreading river.
* Oconee Township, Platte County, Nebraska, Oconee - Named for Oconee, Illinois. Oconee was the name of a Creek town.
* Oconto, Nebraska, Oconto - A Menominee word meaning the "place of the pickerel." Named for Oconto, Wisconsin.
* Ogallala, Nebraska, Ogallala - named for the Oglala Lakota, Oglala people.
* Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha - Named for the Omaha people who lived nearby
* Oneida Township, Kearney County, Nebraska, Oneida – named after the Oneida people.
* Osceola, Nebraska, Osceola
* Leshara, Nebraska, Leshara. Named after Petalesharo, a Pawnee chief.
* Pohocco Township, Saunders County, Nebraska, Pohocco - A precinct in the northeastern part of Saunders county, the name derives from Pahuk, meaning headland or promontory, the Pawnee name of a prominent hill in the vicinity.
* Ponca, Nebraska, Ponca
* Quinnebaugh Township, Burt County, Nebraska, Quinnebaugh
* Santee, Nebraska, Santee
* Sappa Township, Harlan County, Nebraska, Sappa
* Saratoga Township, Holt County, Nebraska, Saratoga
* Tecumseh, Nebraska, Tecumseh
* Tekamah, Nebraska, Tekamah - Located on the site of a historic Pawnee village, the surrounding hills were used for burying grounds and the highest point was used as a fire signal station. The origin of the name is not definitely known.
* Unadilla, Nebraska, Unidilla - An Iroquois word meaning "place of meeting." Named after Unadilla, New York.
* Venango, Nebraska, Venango - An eastern Native American name in reference to a figure found on a tree, carved by the Erie.
* Waco, Nebraska, Waco - Named after Waco, Texas, which is the name of one of the divisions of the Tawokoni whose village stood on the site of Waco, Texas.
* Wahoo, Nebraska, Wahoo
* Winnebago, Nebraska, Winnebago
* Wyoming, Nebraska, Wyoming - Derived from a corrupted Delaware word meaning "large plains" or "extensive meadows."
* Wyoming Township, Holt County, Nebraska
* Yutan, Nebraska, Yutan - Named for an Otoe chief.

Nevada

Counties

* Elko County, Nevada, Elko County
** City of Elko, Nevada, Elko
** Elko Hills
* Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe County
** Washoe City, Nevada, Washoe City
** New Washoe City, Nevada, New Washoe City
** Washoe Valley, Nevada, Washoe Valley

Settlements

* Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada, Cal-Nev-Ari
* Hiko, Nevada, Hiko
* Mesquite, Nevada, Mesquite
* Moapa, Nevada, Moapa
** Moapa Valley, Nevada, Moapa Valley
* Owyhee, Nevada, Owyhee
* Pahrump, Nevada, Pahrump
* Panaca, Nevada, Panaca – derived from the Southern Paiute word ''Pan-nuk-ker'', which means metal, money, and wealth.
* Tonopah, Nevada, Tonopah
* Winnemucca, Nevada, Winnemucca

Bodies of water

* Lake Lahontan (reservoir), Lake Lahontan
** Lahontan Dam
* Lake Tahoe
** Lake Tahoe Dam
** Tahoe Vista
* Tallac Creek
** Mount Tallac
* Truckee River
** Upper Truckee River
* Weepah Spring Wilderness

Other

* Cucomungo Mountains
* Desatoya Mountains
** Desatoya Peak
* Goshute Mountains
* Ivanpah Valley
* Kamma Mountains
* Kawich Range
* Tamarack Peak
* Toano Range
* East Pahranagat Range

New Hampshire

* Ammonoosuc River (Upper Ammonoosuc River, Upper and Lower): (Abnaki) "small, narrow fishing place"
* Amoskeag Falls, Amoskeag: (Pennacook) "fishing place" Manchester, New Hampshire, Manchester
* Ashuelot River (and Ashuelot Pond, pond): (Pennacook or Natick) "place between"
* Canobie Lake: (Abnaki) "abundant water"
* Contoocook, New Hampshire, Contoocook (and Contoocook River, river and Contoocook Lake, lake): (Pennacook) "place of the river near pines" or (Abnaki) "nut trees river" or (Natick) "small plantation at the river"
* Coös County, New Hampshire, Coös: (Pennacook) "pine tree"
* Hooksett, New Hampshire, Hooksett: (Pennacook) possible abbreviation of ''Annahooksett'' "place of beautiful trees"
* Mascoma River (and Mascoma Lake, lake): (Abnaki) "much grass" or "salmon fishing" or "red rocks"
* Massabesic Lake: (Abnaki) "near the great brook"
* Merrimack River (and Merrimack, New Hampshire, town)
* Mount Monadnock: (Natick) "at the most prominent island" (-like mountain)
* Mount Moosilauke: (Abnaki) "good moose place" or "at the smooth place"
* Nashua River (and Nashua, New Hampshire, city): (Pennacook/Nipmuck) "between streams"
* Ossipee River (and Ossipee, New Hampshire, town and Ossipee Lake, lake): (Abnaki) "beyond the water"
* Paugus Bay: (Abnaki) "small pond"
* Pawtuckaway Lake (and mountains): (Abnaki) "falls in the river" or "clear, shallow river"
* Pemigewasset River: (Abnaki) "extensive rapids"
* Pennacook (Penacook, New Hampshire, village): tribal name; "at the foothills"
* Piscataqua River (Maine border): (Pennacook) "place where the river divides"
* Piscataquog River: (Abnaki) "place where the river divides"
* Souhegan River: (Pennacook or Nipmuck) "watching place"
* Squam Lake (and Squam River, river): (Abnaki) "salmon"
* Lake Sunapee (and Sunapee, New Hampshire, town): (Pennacook) "rocks in the water", "rocky pond"
* Suncook River (also Suncook Lakes, lakes and Suncook, New Hampshire, village): (Pennacook) "rocky place"
* Umbagog Lake: (Abnaki) "clear lake"
* Lake Winnipesaukee (and Winnipesaukee River, river): (Pennacook) "land around the lakes" or "good land around lake at mountains"
* Lake Winnisquam: (Abnaki) "salmon-fishing place"

New Jersey

New Mexico

* Jemez Springs, New Mexico, Jemez Springs – named for the nearby Pueblo of Jemez
* Nambe, New Mexico, Nambe – Tewa language, Tewa: Nambe Owingeh [nɑ̃̀ŋbèʔ ʔówîŋgè]; Nambé is the Spanish version of a similar-sounding Tewa language, Tewa word, which can be interpreted loosely as meaning "rounded earth."
* Pojoaque, New Mexico, Pojoaque – Tewa language, Tewa: P'osuwaege Owingeh [p’òhsũ̀wæ̃̀gè ʔówîŋgè]
* Taos, New Mexico, Taos – The English name Taos language, Taos derives from the native Taos language meaning "place of red willows"
* Tesuque, New Mexico, Tesuque – Tewa language, Tewa: Tetsuge Owingeh [tèʔts’úgé ʔówîŋgè])
* Tucumcari, New Mexico, Tucumcari – from Tucumcari Mountain, which is situated nearby. Where the mountain got its name is uncertain. It may have come from the Comanche word tʉkamʉkarʉ, which means 'ambush'. A 1777 burial record mentions a Comanche woman and her child captured in a battle at Cuchuncari, which is believed to be an early version of the name Tucumcari.

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Counties

* Pembina County, North Dakota, Pembina County – an Ojibwa word for ''viburnum edule'', a plant with red berries which grows in the area. Nineteenth-century journal-writers and observers have translated the word as "summer berry" or "high cranberry".
** City of Pembina, North Dakota, Pembina
* Sioux County, North Dakota, Sioux County

Settlements

* Anamoose, North Dakota, Anamoose
* Cayuga, North Dakota, Cayuga
* Grano, North Dakota, Grano
* Havana, North Dakota, Havana
* Lakota, North Dakota, Lakota
* Makoti, North Dakota, Makoti
* Mandan, North Dakota, Mandan
* Michigan City, North Dakota, Michigan City
* Minnewaukan, North Dakota, Minnewaukan
* Monango, North Dakota, Monango
* Neche, North Dakota, Neche
* Nekoma, North Dakota, Nekoma
* Niagara, North Dakota, Niagara
* Oriska, North Dakota, Oriska
* Tioga, North Dakota, Tioga
* Wahpeton, North Dakota, Wahpeton

Ohio

Counties

* Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ashtabula County – from Lenape language, Lenape ''ashtepihəle'', 'always enough (fish) to go around, to be given away'; contraction from ''apchi'' 'always' + ''tepi'' 'enough' + ''həle'' (verb of motion).
** Ashtabula River
* Coshocton County, Ohio, Coshocton County – derived from Unami language, Unami Lenape ''Koshaxkink'' 'where there is a river crossing', probably adapted as ''Koshaxktun'' 'ferry' ('river-crossing device').
** Coshocton, Ohio, Coshocton
* Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County – originally Mohawk language, Mohawk ''Cayagaga'' 'crooked river', possibly related to ''kayuha'' 'creek' or ''kahyonhowanen'' 'river'.
** Cuyahoga River
* Erie County, Ohio, Erie County
* Geauga County, Ohio, Geauga County – Onondaga language, Onondaga ''jyo’ä·gak'', Seneca ''jo’ä·ka’'', 'raccoon' (originally the name of the Grand River (Ohio), Grand River).
* Hocking County, Ohio, Hocking County
* Licking County, Ohio, Licking County
* Mahoning County, Ohio, Mahoning County
* Miami County, Ohio, Miami County
* Muskingum County, Ohio, Muskingum County – Shawnee language, Shawnee ''Mshkikwam'' 'swampy ground' (''mshkikwi-'' 'swamp' + ''-am'' 'earth');
** Muskingum River
* Ottawa County, Ohio, Ottawa County
* Pickaway County, Ohio, Pickaway County
* Sandusky County, Ohio, Sandusky County – from Wyandot language, Wyandot ''saandusti'' meaning 'water (within water-pools)' or from ''andusti'' 'cold water'.
** City of Sandusky, Ohio, Sandusky
** Sandusky River
* Scioto County, Ohio, Scioto County – derived from Wyandot ''skɛnǫ·tǫ’'', 'deer' (compare Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah, also derived from the word for deer in a related Iroquoian language).
** Scioto River
* Seneca County, Ohio, Seneca County
* Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Tuscarawas County – after the Iroquoian Tuscarora people, who at one time had a settlement along the river of that name.
** Tuscarawas River
* Wyandot County, Ohio, Wyandot County

Settlements

* Chillicothe, Ohio, Chillicothe – from Shawnee language, Shawnee ''Chalahgawtha, Chala·ka·tha'', referring to members of one of the five divisions of the Shawnee people: ''Chalaka'' (name of the Shawnee group, of unknown meaning) + ''-tha'' 'person'; the present Chillicothe is the most recent of seven places in Ohio that have held that name, because it was applied to the main town wherever the Chalakatha settled as they moved to different places.
* Conneaut, Ohio, Conneaut – probably derived from Seneca ''ga-nen-yot'', 'standing stone'.
* Mingo, Ohio, Mingo and Mingo Junction, Ohio, Mingo Junction – named after the Mingo people, Iroquoians who moved west to Ohio in the 18th century, largely of the Seneca nation.
* Ohio River – from Seneca ''Ohiyo'' 'the best river' or 'the big river'.
* Olentangy – an Algonquian languages, Algonquian name, probably from Lenape ''ulam tanchi'' or Shawnee ''holom tenshi'', both meaning 'red face paint from there'. The Vermilion River (Ohio), Vermilion River likewise was named with a translation of the original Ottawa language, Ottawa name ''Ulam Thipi'', 'red face paint river'.
* Piqua, Ohio, Piqua – Shawnee ''Pekowi'', name of one of the five divisions of the Shawnee.
* Wapakoneta, Ohio, Wapakoneta – from Shawnee language, Shawnee ''Wa·po’kanite'' 'Place of White Bones' (''wa·pa'' 'white'+''(h)o’kani'' 'bone'+-''ite'' locative suffix).

Oklahoma

Oregon

Counties

* Clackamas County, Oregon, Clackamas Counties, named after the Clackamas tribe.
* Clatsop County, Oregon, Clatsop County, named after the Clatsop people.
* Coos County, Oregon, Coos County, named after the Coos people.
* Klamath County, Oregon, Klamath County, named after the Klamath Tribes, Klamath people.
* Multnomah County, Oregon, Multnomah County named after the Multnomah people.
* Tillamook County, Oregon, Tillamook County, named after the Tillamook people.
* Umatilla County, Oregon, Umatilla County, Sahaptin word, possibly meaning "laughing waters".
* Wallowa County, Oregon, Wallowa County, from the Nez Perce word "wallowa" to designate a tripod of poles used to support fish nets.
* Wasco County, Oregon, Wasco County, named after the Wasco-Wishram, Wasco people.
* Yamhill County, Oregon, Yamhill County, named after the Kalapuya, Yamhela people.

Communities

* Alsea, Oregon, Alsea/Alsea River, named for the Alsea people
* Clatskanie, Oregon, Clatskanie, a place on the Nehalem River
* Coos Bay, Oregon, Coos Bay
* Depoe Bay, Oregon, Depoe Bay, named for a local Indian
* Klamath Falls, Oregon, Klamath, multiple places named for the Klamath Tribes
* Multnomah Falls
* Nehalem, Oregon, Nehalem, multiple places named for the Nehalem (people), Nehalem people
* Scappoose, Oregon, Scappoose, means "gravelly plain" in an unknown native language
* Siletz, means crooked river in the language of the Siletz people
* Tualatin, Oregon, Tualatin, multiple places named for the Tualatin people
* Umatilla, Oregon, Umatilla, multiple places named for the Umatilla people
* Umpqua, Oregon, Umpqua, multiple places named for the Umpqua people
* Willamette, Oregon, Willamette, multiple places from the Clackamas name for the Columbia River
* Yachats, Oregon, Yachats/Yachats River, uncertain origin
* Yamhill, Oregon, Yamhill, multiple places named for a band of the Kalapuya people

Pennsylvania

Counties

* Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County – probably from Lenape language, Lenape ''welhik hane''
** Allegheny River
* Juniata County, Pennsylvania, Juniata County – from ''onoyutta'', 'standing stone' in an Iroquoian language, probably Susquehannock language, Susquehannock.
** Juniata River
* Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County – Lenape ''laxaohane'' 'fork of a river'
** Lackawanna River
* Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County – anglicisation of the Lenape name for the river, ''lechewuekink'', which means "where there are forks".
* Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Lycoming County – from Lenape ''lekawink'' 'place of sand' or ''lekawi hane'' 'sandy stream', from ''lekaw'' 'sand'.
* Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County
* Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, Susquehanna County
* Tioga County, Pennsylvania, Tioga County – Onondaga language, Onondaga, 'At the forks.'
* Venango County, Pennsylvania, Venango County – From Lenape 'Onange,' meaning 'a mink.'
* Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, Wyoming County

Settlements

* Aliquippa – Delaware language, Lenape ''alukwepi'' 'hat'; after Queen Aliquippa, who was named that because she wore a large hat.
* Analomink – From "tumbling water."
* Catasauqua (pronounced "Cat-uh-SAW-kwuh"), from the Lenni Lenape language, meaning "dry ground" or "thirsty ground."
* Catawissa, Pennsylvania, Catawissa – Lenape, 'growing fat;' a reference to a Delaware Chief in the area, Lapachpeton.
* Chillisquaque (disambiguation), Chillisquaque Chillisquaque' comes from the native American term meaning 'song of the wild goose'
* Conemaugh River, Conemaugh – Lenape ''kwənəmuxkw'' 'otter'.
* Connoquenessing, Pennsylvania, Connoquenessing – Lenape, 'A long way straight'
* Conshohocken – Lenape ''kanshihakink'' 'in elegant land': ''kanshi'' 'elegant' + ''haki'' 'land' + -''nk'' locative suffix.
*. Coplay - This name came from "Kolapechka". The son of the Indian chief, Paxanosa, who lived at the head of the creek
* HOKENDAUQUA (Lehigh County) Both the village and creek are named for a combination of the Lenape words Hackiun and dochwe, which together mean "stream searching for land."
* Keewaydin (disambiguation), Keewaydin Keewaydin is not definite, but may have derived from an Indian word meaning "the north wind" or "home wind," (for when the wind blew from that direction the trail led home).
* Kingsessing, Philadelphia, Kingsessing – The name Kingsessing or Chinsessing comes from the Delaware word for "a place where there is a meadow".
* Kiskiminetas River, Kiskiminetas – derived from Lenape ''kishku manitu'' 'make daylight' (''kishku'' 'day' + ''manitu'' 'make' ), a command to warriors to break camp and go on maneuvers while it is still night (as though it were daylight), according to John Heckewelder.
* Kittanning, Pennsylvania, Kittanning – Lenape ''kithanink'' 'on the main river': ''kit'' 'great, large, big' + ''hane'' 'swift river from the mountains' + -''ink'' locative suffix, "the big river" or "the main river" being an epithet for the Allegheny River, Allegheny-cum-Ohio River, Ohio, according to John Heckewelder.
* Lackawaxen Township, Pennsylvania, Lackawaxen Lenape name Lackawaxen, meaning "swift waters,"
* Loyalhanna Creek, Loyalhanna – after the name of a Lenape town, Layalhanning, meaning 'at the middle of the river': ''layel'' or ''lawel'' 'middle' + ''hane'' 'river' + -''ink'' locative suffix.
* Loyalsock Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Loyalsock – Lenape, 'middle creek.' (It is located halfway between lycoming and muncy creeks.)
* Macungie is derived from a Native American word meaning bear swamp, or place where bears feed.
* Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Manayunk – Lenape ''məneyunk'' 'place of drinking': ''məne'' 'drink' + ''yu'' 'here' + -''nk'' locative suffix.
* Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk – Lenape ''maxkw-chunk'' 'bear mountain'.
* Mehoopany Creek, Mehoopany – Lenape, 'where there are wild potatoes."
* Meshoppen, Pennsylvania, Meshoppen Lenape, 'corals,' or 'beads.'
* Monongahela River, Monongahela – Lenape ''Mənaonkihəla'' 'the high riverbanks are washed down; the banks cave in or erode', inanimate plural of ''mənaonkihəle'' 'the dirt caves off (such as the bank of a river or creek; or in a landslide)' < ''mənaonke'' 'it has a loose bank (where one might fall in)' + -''həle'' (verb of motion).
* Moshnanon The community takes its name from Moshannon Creek, a Native American name purported to mean "moose stream"
* Muckinipattis Creek, Muckinipattis – Lenape for 'deep running water', from ''mexitkwek'' 'a deep place full of water' or ''mexakwixen'' 'high water, freshet'.
* Muncy, Pennsylvania, Muncy–after the Munsee people < Munsee language ''mənsiw'', 'person from Minisink Archeological Site, Minisink' (''minisink'' meaning 'at the island': ''mənəs'' 'island' + -''ink'' locative suffix) + -''iw'' attributive suffix.
* Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, Nanticoke – From the Nanticoke people, Nanticoke language, 'Tide water people.' (In reference to themselves)
* Nemacolin, Pennsylvania, Nemacolin – after the 18th-century Lenape chief Nemacolin.
* Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, Nescopeck – Shawnee language, Shawnee, 'deep and still water.'
* Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, Nesquehoning — meaning “narrow valley;” others say name comes from stream that runs through the area, which was called Neska-honi, or black lick, or Neskeu-honi, or dirty lick
* Mount Nittany, Nittany – 'single mountain', from Lenape ''nekwti'' 'single' + ''ahtəne'' 'mountain'.
* Ohiopyle – from the Lenape phrase ''ahi opihəle'', 'it turns very white', referring to the frothy waterfalls.
* Passyunk Township, Pennsylvania, Passyunk – from Lenape ''pahsayunk'' 'in the valley', from ''pahsaek'' 'valley' (also the name of Passaic, New Jersey).
* Pennypack Creek, Pennypack–Lenape ''pənəpekw'' 'where the water flows downward'.
* Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania, Perkiomen – Lenape, 'where there are cranberries.'
* Pocono Mountains, Poconos – Lenape ''pokawaxne'' 'a creek between two hills'.
* Punxsutawney – Lenape ''Punkwsutenay'' 'town of sandflies or mosquitoes': ''punkwəs'' 'sandfly' (<
punkw
' 'dust' + -''əs'' diminutive suffix) + ''utenay'' 'town'.
* Pymatuning Lake, Pymatuning – Lenape ''Pimhatunink'' 'where there are facilities for sweating' < ''pim-'' 'to sweat in a sweat lodge' + ''hatu'' 'it is placed' + ''-n(e)'' inanimate object marker + -''ink'' locative suffix.
* Queonemysing – Lenape ''kwənamesink'' 'place of long fish': ''kwəni'' 'long' + ''names'' 'fish' + -''ink'' locative suffix.
* Quittapahilla Creek – Lenape ''kuwe ktəpehəle'' 'it flows out through the pines': ''kuwe'' 'pine tree' + ''ktəpehəle'' 'it flows out'.
* Shackamaxon – Lenape ''sakimaksink'' 'place of the chiefs': ''sachem, sakima'' 'chief' + ''-k'' plural suffix + ''-s-'' (for euphony) -''ink'' locative suffix
* Shamokin, Pennsylvania, Shamokin – Lenape ''Shahəmokink'' 'place of eels', from ''shoxamekw'' 'eel' + -''ink'' locative suffix.
* Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, Shickshinny – Lenape, 'a fine stream.'
* Sinnemahoning Creek, Sinnemahoning – Lenape ''ahsəni mahonink'' 'stony lick', from ''ahsən'' 'stone' and ''mahonink'' 'at the salt lick'.
* Susquehanna River, Susquehanna – Lenape ''siskuwihane'' 'muddy river': ''sisku'' 'mud' + -''wi''- (for euphony) + ''hane'' 'swift river from the mountains'.
* Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, Tamaqua – Lenape, 'running water;' named for a nearby river.
* Tiadaghton State Forest, Tiadaghton – Seneca, 'pine creek.'
* Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Tinicum – Lenape ''mahtanikunk'' 'Where they catch up with each other'.
* Tulpehocken Creek (Pennsylvania), Tulpehocken – Lenape ''tulpehakink'' 'in the land of turtles': ''tulpe'' 'turtle' + ''haki'' 'land' + ''-nk'' locative suffix.
* Tionesta, Pennsylvania, Tionesta – Munsee, 'There it has fine banks.'
* Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, Tobyhanna is derived from an American Indian word meaning "a stream whose banks are fringed with alder."
* Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Towamensing – Lenape, 'pasture land,' (literally 'the place of feeding cattle.')
* Towanda, Pennsylvania, Towanda – Nanticoke, 'where we bury the dead.'
* Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, Tunkhannock – Lenape ''tank hane'' 'narrow stream', from ''tank'' 'small' + ''hane'' 'stream'.
* Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania, Wapwallopen – Lenape ''òphalahpink'', 'where the white Apocynum cannabinum, wild hemp grows,' from ''òp-'' 'white' + ''halahpis'' 'Indian hemp' + ''-nk'' locative.
* Wiconisco Creek, Wiconisco – Lenape ''wikin niskew'' 'A muddy place to live', from ''wikin'' 'to live in a place' + ''niskew'' 'to be dirty, muddy'.
* Wissahickon Creek, Wissahickon – contraction of Lenape ''wisamekwhikan'' 'catfish creek': ''wisamekw'' 'catfish' (literally 'fat fish': <''wisam'' 'fat' + -''èkw'', bound form of ''namès'' 'fish' ) + ''hikan'' 'ebb tide, mouth of a creek'.
* Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, Wyalusing – Lenape, 'the place where the aged man dwells,' a reference to the Moravian missionaries who set up a village in the area.
* Wyoming Valley – Munsee, ''xwēwamənk'' 'at the big river flat': ''xw-'' 'big' + ''ēwam'' 'river flat' + ''ənk'' locative suffix.
* Wysox (disambiguation), Wysox – Lenape, 'the place of grapes.'
* Youghiogheny – Lenape ''yuxwiakhane'' 'stream running a contrary or crooked course', according to John Heckewelder.

Rhode Island

* Apponaug, Rhode Island, Apponaug: (Narragansett) "where oysters/shellfish are roasted" or "waiting place"
* Aquidneck Island: (Narragansett) "at the island"
* Canonchet, Rhode Island, Canonchet: a 17th-century Narragansett chief
* Chepachet, Rhode Island, Chepachet: (Narragansett) "boundary/separation place"
* Conanicut Island: (Narragansett) named for a 17th-century chief Canonicus
* Conimicut, Rhode Island, Conimicut: (Narragansett) thought to be named for granddaughter of Canonicus (see above)
* Mount Hope (Rhode Island), Mount Hope: (from Narragansett ''Montop'' or ''Montaup'') "look-out place" or "well-fortified island"
* Narragansett Bay (and Narragansett, Rhode Island, town): tribe: "at the narrow point"
* Natick, Rhode Island, Natick: tribe; "the place I seek" or "home"
* Pascoag, Rhode Island, Pascoag (and Pascoag River, river): (Nipmuck) "the dividing place" (of river)
* Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Pawtucket: (Narragansett) "at the falls in the river (tidal stream)"
* Pettaquamscutt Rock (and Pettaquamscutt River, river): Narragansett) "at the round rock"
* Pontiac, Rhode Island, Pontiac: famous mid-18th century Ottawa chief
* Quonochontaug, Rhode Island, Quonochontaug: (Narragansett) "home of the blackfish"
* Sakonnet River (and point): (Narragansett) "home of the black goose"
* Scituate Reservoir: (Wampanoag) "at the cold spring/brook"
* Shawomet, Rhode Island, Shawomet: (Narragansett) "at the peninsula/neck" (canoe-landing place)
* Usquepaugh, Rhode Island, Usquepaugh: (Narragansett) "at the end of the pond"
* Weekapaug, Rhode Island, Weekapaug: (Narragansett) "at the end of the pond"
* Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Woonsocket: (Nipmuck) "place of steep descent"
* Wyoming, Rhode Island, Wyoming: (Delaware) "large prairie"

South Carolina

Counties

* Cherokee County, South Carolina, Cherokee County – named after the Cherokee people.
* Oconee County, South Carolina, Oconee County
* Saluda County, South Carolina, Saluda County
** Saluda River

Settlements

* Seneca, South Carolina, Seneca

Bodies of water

* Ashepoo River
* Coosawhatchie River
* Lake Jocassee
* Lake Keowee
* Lake Toxaway
* Santee River
* Stono River
* Wando River

Islands

* Edisto Island
* Kiawah Island
* Wadmalaw Island

South Dakota

Counties

* Minnehaha County, South Dakota, Minnehaha County – from Dakota ''minnehaha'', meaning "waterfall".
* Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, Oglala Lakota County – Lakota for "to scatter one's own".
* Yankton County, South Dakota, Yankton County – corruption of Sioux ''Ihanktonwan'', meaning "the end village".

Settlements

* Canistota, South Dakota, Canistota – from the New York Native American word ''canistoe'', meaning "board on the water".
* Capa, South Dakota, Capa – from the Sioux for "beaver".
* Kadoka, South Dakota, Kadoka – Lakota for "hole in the wall".
* Kampeska, South Dakota, Kampeska – Sioux for "bright and shining", "like a shell or glass".
* Oacoma, South Dakota, Oacoma
* Oglala, South Dakota, Oglala – Lakota for "to scatter one's own".
* Ottumwa, South Dakota, Ottumwa – Algonquian word possibly meaning "rippling waters", "place of perseverance or self-will", or "town".
* Owanka, South Dakota, Owanka – Lakota for "good camping ground". It was originally named Wicota, a Lakota word meaning "a crowd".
* Pukwana, South Dakota, Pukwana – the name given to the smoke emitted from a Native American peace pipe.
* Ree Heights, South Dakota, Ree Heights – named after the Arikara people, sometimes known as the Ree. ''Arikara'' may have been a neighboring tribe's word for "horns" or "male deer".
* Seneca, South Dakota, Seneca – from Algonquian ''sinnekaas'', which referred to the Seneca people.
* Teton, South Dakota, Teton – from Dakota ''tinton'' or ''tinta'', meaning "prairie".
* Wanblee, South Dakota, Wanblee – from Lakota ''Waŋblí Hoȟpi'', meaning "golden eagle nest".
* Wasta, South Dakota, Wasta – from Dakota ''wastah'', meaning "good".
* Wakonda, South Dakota, Wakonda – from Sioux ''wakor'' or ''waukon'', meaning "wonder, marvel, mystery, sacred".
* Wakpala, South Dakota, Wakpala
* Wecota, South Dakota, Wecota – from Lakota ''wicota'', meaning "a crowd".
* Wetonka, South Dakota, Wetonka from Dakota ''wi-tȟáŋka'', meaning "big sun".
* Yankton, South Dakota, Yankton – corruption of Sioux ''Ihanktonwan'', meaning "the end village".

Tennessee

Counties

* Sequatchie County, Tennessee, Sequatchie County – Cherokee word believed to mean, "opossum, he grins or runs".
** Village of Sequatchie, Tennessee, Sequatchie
** Sequatchie River
** Little Sequatchie River
** Sequatchie Valley
* Unicoi County, Tennessee, Unicoi County – Native American word for the southern Appalachian Mountains, probably meaning "white" or "fog-draped"
** Town of Unicoi, Tennessee, Unicoi
** Unicoi Range

Settlements

* Atoka, Tennessee, Atoka
* Bogota, Tennessee, Bogota
* Bolivar, Tennessee, Bolivar
* Bybee, Tennessee, Bybee
* Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga – based on ''cvto'', a Muskogean languages, Muskogean term for 'rock'
* Cherokee, Tennessee, Cherokee
** Cherokee Hills, Tennessee, Cherokee Hills
** Cherokee National Forest
* Chewalla, Tennessee, Chewalla
* Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, Chilhowee Park
** Chilhowee Dam
* Conasauga, McMinn County, Tennessee, Conasauga (McMinn County)
** Conasauga, Polk County, Tennessee, Conasauga (Polk County)
* Cotula, Tennessee, Cotula
* Culleoka, Tennessee, Culleoka
* Etowah, Tennessee, Etowah – Muskogean languages, Muskogean term for 'town'
* Jalapa, Tennessee, Jalapa
* Lake Tansi Village, Tennessee, Lake Tansi Village
* Mohawk, Tennessee, Mohawk
* Montezuma, Tennessee, Montezuma
* Niota, Tennessee, Niota
* Ocoee, Tennessee, Ocoee
* Oneida, Tennessee, Oneida – named after the Oneida people.
* Ooltewah, Tennessee, Ooltewah – variation of eh-DOH-wah, Muskogean languages, Muskogean term for 'town'
* Ottway, Tennessee, Ottway
* Pocahontas, Tennessee, Pocahontas
** Pocahontas, Coffee County, Tennessee, Pocahontas (Coffee County)
* Quebeck, Tennessee, Quebeck
* Sango, Tennessee, Sango
* Savannah, Georgia, Savannah – named for a clan of Shawnee whose native name was ''Ša·wano·ki'' (literally, "southerners")
* Sewanee, Tennessee, Sewanee – located on top of the southern end of the Cumberland Plateau, assumed to be a variant of the Algonquian peoples, Algonquian tribal name Shawnee, or a contraction of Haudenosaunee referring to the northern Iroquois or eastern Tuscarora people, Tuscarora.
* Tallassee, Tennessee, Tallassee
* Tennessee City, Tennessee, Tennessee City
** Village of Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee, Tennessee Ridge
** Tennessee River
** Little Tennessee River
* Tullahoma, Tennessee, Tullahoma – Choctaw for 'red rock' (''tali'' – rock, ''homma'' – red)
* Tusculum, Tennessee, Tusculum
** Tusculum, Tennessee#Neighborhoods, Tusculum Place
* Watauga, Tennessee, Watauga
** Watauga River
* Yuma, Tennessee, Yuma

Bodies of water

* Chickamauga Creek
** Chickamauga Lake
* Conasauga River
** Conasauga Creek
* Hatchie River
* Hiwassee River
* Loosahatchie River
* Nolichucky River
* Nonconnah Creek
* Obey River
* Toccoa/Ocoee River, Toccoa River
* Tuscumbia River

Texas

*Nacogdoches, Texas, Nacogdoches – from Caddo language, Nacogdoche tribe of the Caddo
*Quanah, Texas, Quanah – named for the Comanche Chief, Quanah Parker
*Waco, Texas, Waco – from Wichita language, Wichita , the name of a tribal subgroup, the Waco people.

Utah

*Juab County – from Colorado River Numic language, Paiute word for "flat plain"
*Kanab, Utah, Kanab – from Colorado River Numic language, Paiute word for willow tree
*Kamas, Utah, Kamas – from indigenous word for an edible, wild bulb
*Moab, Utah, Moab – from Colorado River Numic language, Paiute "moapa," meaning "mosquitoes", though possibly named after the biblical Moab
*Oquirrh Mountains – from Goshute for "glowing, or wooded mountain"
*Mount Timpanogos – from Colorado River Numic language, Paiute for "rocks and runny water"
*Uintah County – from Ute for "pine land"
*Utah County, Utah Lake, etc. – "Utah" via "Yudah" or "Yutah" from a language of one of the Ute tribe's neighbors, such as Western Apache ''yúdah'', "high up".
*Wasatch (disambiguation), Wasatch (Wasatch Range, Wasatch County, Utah, Wasatch County, Wasatch Plateau, Wahsatch, Utah, Wahsatch, etc.) – from "wasatch," a Ute word for "mountain pass" or "low pass over high range"
*Various municipal street names including Arapeen Drive ("Arapeen" was a notable 19th-century Colorado River Numic language, Paiute), Chipeta Way ("chipeta" is Ute for "rippling water") and Wasatch Boulevard ("wasatch" is Ute for "mountain pass").

Vermont

Settlements

* Mount Ascutney (and Ascutney, Vermont, village): (Abnaki) "at the end of the river fork"
* Lake Bomoseen (and Lake Bomoseen, Vermont, town): (Abnaki) "keeper of ceremonial fire"
* Jamaica, Vermont, Jamaica: (Natick) "beaver"
* Passumpsic River (and Passumpsic, Vermont, village): (Abnaki) "flowing over clear, sandy bottom"
* Pompanoosuc, Vermont, Pompanoosuc: abbreviation of Ompompanoosuc
* Quechee, Vermont, Quechee: abbreviation of Ottauquechee
* Winooski River (and Winooski, Vermont, city): (Abnaki) "wild onions"

Bodies of Water

* Hoosic River
* Lake Iroquois (Vermont), Lake Iroquois: (Abnaki-French) "real adders" (describing western enemies of Abnaki)
* Maquam Bay
* Lake Memphremagog: (Abnaki) "where there is great expanse of water"
* Mettawee River
* Missisquoi River: tribal name
* Nulhegan River: (Abnaki) "log trap" or "deadfall"
* Ompompanoosuc River: (Abnaki) "mushy/quaky land"
* Ottauquechee River: (uncertain – Natick?) "swift mountain stream"
* Walloomsac River

Islands

* Popasquash Island
* Queneska Island: (Abnaki) "elbow" or "long joint"

Other

* Hoosac Mountains: (Mahican) "stone place"
* Monadnock Mountain (Vermont), Monadnock Mountain: (Abnaki) "at the mountain which sticks up like an island" (see New Hampshire)
* Moosalamoo Mountain: (Abnaki) "moose trail"
* Netop Mountain: (Natick) "my friend"
* Nickwaket Mountain: (Abnaki) "at the fork" or "home of squirrels"
* Pico Peak: (possibly Abnaki) "the pass/opening"

Virginia

Washington

*Alki Beach
*Chehalis, Washington, Chehalis, Chehalis River (Washington), Chehalis River
*Chelan, Washington, Chelan, Chelan County, Washington, Chelan County, Lake Chelan – a Salishan languages, Salish language word, ''Tsi – Laan'', meaning "Deep Water"
*Chiwawa River
*Chinook, Washington, Chinook, Chinook Pass
*Cle Elum, Washington, Cle Elum, Cle Elum River
*Copalis Beach, Washington, Copalis Beach, Copalis Crossing, Washington, Copalis Crossing
*Cowlitz County, Cowlitz River
*Dosewallips River
*Duckabush River
*Duwamish River
*Entiat, Washington, Entiat, Entiat River
*Hamma Hamma River
*Hoh River
*Hoquiam
*Humptulips, Washington, Humptulips, Humptulips River
*Hyak, Washington, Hyak
*Issaquah
*Kachess Lake
*Kalaloch, Washington, Kalaloch
*Kitsap Peninsula, Kitsap County – named after Chief Kitsap
*Kittitas County, Kittitas, Washington, Kittitas
*La Push, Washington, La Push – ''lapoos'' or ''labush'' is the Chinook Jargon adaptation of the fr. ''la bouche'' ("mouth")
*Neah Bay, Washington, Neah Bay
*Nespelem, Washington, Nespelem
*Nisqually River
*Nooksack River
*Okanogan, Washington, Okanogan
*Omak, Washington, Omak
*Orondo
*Palouse
*Pasayten River, Pasayten Wilderness
*Puyallup, Washington, Puyallup
*Pysht River
*Sammamish, Washington, Sammamish
*Seattle – named after Chief Seattle, whose Lushootseed name was ''Siʔáł''
*Sequim
*Skagit River
*Skookumchuck River
*Snoqualmie, Washington, Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie Pass, Snoqualmie River
*Skykomish River
*Snohomish, Washington, Snohomish – Lushootseed , the name of a Salishan group (earlier )
*Sol Duc River
*Spokane, Washington, Spokane – from the Spokane dialect of Interior Salish language, Interior Salish ''spoqín''
*Squaxin Island
*Stehekin, Washington, Stehekin
*Stillaguamish River
*Suquamish
*Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma – from Lushootseed (earlier ), "snow-covered mountain"
*Tillicum (disambiguation)#Places, Tillicum
*Tonasket
*Toppenish
*Tulalip Bay
*Tumwater, Washington, Tumwater – city in Thurston County – "Fast Water / Waterfall"
*Twisp, Washington, Twisp, Twisp River
*Wapato, Washington, Wapato
*Wenatchee, Washington, Wenatchee, Wenatchee River
*Wishkah River
*Walla Walla, Washington, Walla Walla
*Yakima

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

*Cheyenne, Wyoming, Cheyenne – From Dakota ''Šahíyena'', the diminutive of ''Šahíya'', "Cree".
*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 Wyoming Territory.
*Popo Agie River – From the Absalooke or Crow Language Poppootcháashe, which means "Plopping River" for the sound the water makes when it comes out of the sinkhole in Sinks Canyon, near present Lander, Wyoming.

See also

*List of placenames of indigenous origin in the Americas
*List of federally recognized tribes by state: As of May 2013, there were 566 Tribe (Native American), Native American tribes legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Government, according to the article, "List of federally recognized tribes."
*Native Americans in the United States

References

Citations

Sources

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* William BBright, William (2004). ''Native American Placenames of the United States''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. .
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* O'Brien, Frank Waabu (2010). "Understanding Indian Place Names in Southern New England". Colorado: Bauu Press.
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* Vogel, Virgil J. (1986). ''Indian Names in Michigan''. University of Michigan Press. .

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