American Place-names: A Concise and Selective Dictionary for the Continental United States of AmericaThis work includes three categories of place-name information: well-known places; repeated names which appear in many localities; and unusual names. Following each of the 12,000 entries is the name derivation, the state where pertinent and explication with historical, geographical and/or folk interpretations. |
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... prob- ably so named because the weasel had mythological associations for this tribe . Chassahowitzka River FL Seminole ' pumpkins - hanging , ' because of pump- kin vines climbing on the trees . Chataignier French ' chestnut - tree ...
... prob- ably so named because the weasel had mythological associations for this tribe . Chassahowitzka River FL Seminole ' pumpkins - hanging , ' because of pump- kin vines climbing on the trees . Chataignier French ' chestnut - tree ...
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... prob- ably arises from the residence there in Spanish times of a person of mixed blood . Chinook 1 ) From the tribal name , e.g. as a habitation - name in WA . 2 ) From the Chinook wind , a much beloved phe- nomenon in certain areas ...
... prob- ably arises from the residence there in Spanish times of a person of mixed blood . Chinook 1 ) From the tribal name , e.g. as a habitation - name in WA . 2 ) From the Chinook wind , a much beloved phe- nomenon in certain areas ...
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... prob- Wahpeton ND From an Indian tribal ably with reference to the ground lying between the forks of a stream . a pe 4 Wa of ec have tural e . Wading Wading Rare ; applied to a stream which could be crossed by wading , e.g. Wading River ...
... prob- Wahpeton ND From an Indian tribal ably with reference to the ground lying between the forks of a stream . a pe 4 Wa of ec have tural e . Wading Wading Rare ; applied to a stream which could be crossed by wading , e.g. Wading River ...
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American Place-names: A Concise and Selective Dictionary for the Continental ... George R. Stewart No preview available - 1970 |
American Place-names: A Concise and Selective Dictionary for the Continental ... George R. Stewart No preview available - 1970 |
Common terms and phrases
19th century ably Algon Algonquian Delaware American apparently applied association Bayou Butte Canyon Cherokee Chinook jargon Choctaw cially coined commendatory common commonly Creek AL Muskogean Creek CA Creek NB descriptive Dutch early settler English family name folk-etymology French George Vancouver habitation-names habitations Hill incident Indian chief Indian name Indian tribal name Iroquoian Island known Lake ME Algonquian Lake MN land Latin meaning uncertain Mount Mountain Muskogean Creek namer natural features nearby Northern Paiute NY Algonquian occurs Ojibway origin Peak personal name place-names Pond post office Potawatomi prob probably quian railroad rare reference River rock Seminole shortening Siouan sonal name Spanish spelling spring stream suggestion tain term tion town in England transfer translation tree tribe usually Valley variant village WI Algonquian Wilkes expedition Wintu word