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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... word for ' paint , ' because they there obtained red ore for pigment . This term ( rendered approximately as au'auho ) sounded to the Spaniards like their word ajo , ' garlic , ' and they adopted that spell- ing by the process of folk ...
... word for ' paint , ' because they there obtained red ore for pigment . This term ( rendered approximately as au'auho ) sounded to the Spaniards like their word ajo , ' garlic , ' and they adopted that spell- ing by the process of folk ...
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... word , ' haul , draw , ' but reference un- certain . Holstein From the district in Germany . Holston From the personal name , e.g. the river ( VA , TN ) for Stephen Holston , who built a cabin on the stream in 1746 . Holy In CA a ...
... word , ' haul , draw , ' but reference un- certain . Holstein From the district in Germany . Holston From the personal name , e.g. the river ( VA , TN ) for Stephen Holston , who built a cabin on the stream in 1746 . Holy In CA a ...
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... word had come into English , because of Indian councils held there . Poxabog Pond NY Algonquian ' widen- ing - pond , ' because in wet weather it spread out to larger size . Poygan WI Algonquian , probably ' pipe , ' i.e. for tobacco ...
... word had come into English , because of Indian councils held there . Poxabog Pond NY Algonquian ' widen- ing - pond , ' because in wet weather it spread out to larger size . Poygan WI Algonquian , probably ' pipe , ' i.e. for tobacco ...
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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