Map of American Indian tribes whose names became those of states and other geographical places
See the list below for tribal names and words from indigenous Indian languages that became part of the English language as the name for states, cities, geographical areas, and things (Navajo rugs, Conestoga wagons, Mohawk haircut, Tillamook cheese, etc).
http://www.native-languages.org/state-names.htm
26 of the United States are named for Native American tribes (work-n-progress)
http://www.native-languages.org/state-names.htm
Alabama ~ campsite ~ indigenous tribe living on land that became Alabama
Alaska ~ place the sea crashes against ~ Aleut language
Arizona ~ little spring ~ Spanish corruption of local Indian placename
Arkansas ~ southern place ~ Quapaw Indian town
Connecticut ~ long river ~ Mohegan Indian name for the Connecticut River
Illinois ~ best people ~ name of the Illini tribe
Iowa ~ sleepy ones ~ Ioway Indian tribe (original spelling “Ayuxwa’)
Kansas ~ south, also People of the South Wind ~ short form for Kansa Indian tribe
Kentucky ~ meadow land (Kentake) ~ Iroquois placename
Massachusetts ~ by the range of hills ~ Wampanoag Indian placename
Michigan ~ great lake ~ Mshigem or Misigami are native names for Lake Michigan in the Potawatomi and Ojibwe languages
Minnesota ~ cloudy water ~ Mnisota is the native name of the Minnesota River in the Dakota Sioux language
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
North & South Dakota
Oregon
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Native American names for geographical places
Ottawa (Canada)
Appalachia (mountain range)
Allegany (mountains)
Manhattan (Island ~ NYC)
Nantucket (Sound)
Susquehanna (River)
Shasta (mountain)
Mojave (desert)
City names from American Indian language
Biloxi, Miss
Cheyenne, Wy
Chillicothe, Ohio
Chowchilla, Ca
Eufaula, Ok
Huron, Mich
Kalispell, Montana
Klamath, Ca
Maricopa, Ca
Miami, Fl
Mobile, Ala
Muskogee, OK
Natchez, Miss
Ocala, Fla
Pensacola, Fl
Peoria, Ill
Pontiac, Mich
Saginaw, Mich
Seneca Fall, NY
Tuskegee, Ala
Seminole County, Florida)
Sioux City, Iowa
Spokane, Wash
Taos, NM
Waco, Texas
Walla Walla, Wash
Wichita, Kansas
Winnebago, Ill
Yuma, Arizona
Am Indian words now used to name things
Navajo (rugs)
Conestoga (wagons)
Oneida (dinnerware)
Mohawk (hair cut)
Cherokee (ford truck)
Comanche (truck)
Chinook (seasonal wind west coast
Tillamook – well-known brand of cheese manufactured near Tillamook Indian lands
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Canandaigua
Pawnee
Cochiti
Apache
Suisun