| There are many places including towns | | | | "isolated thing in water" |
| and states that were named after Native | | | | Milwaukee: from Algonquian word meaning |
| American words or names. In fact, about | | | | "good spot or place" |
| 50% of the states were named using | | | | Missouri: from Missouri word meaning |
| Native American words. Many of these | | | | "town of large canoes" |
| places have names that we almost take | | | | Nebraska: from Oto word meaning "flat |
| for granted these days and most people | | | | water" |
| are unaware of their Native American | | | | North/South Dakota: from Sioux word |
| aboriginal origins. | | | | meaning "allies" |
| A partial list of some well known places | | | | Ohio: from Algonquian word meaning |
| in the United States and their Native | | | | "great river" |
| American meanings are below. | | | | Oklahoma: from two Choctaw words meaning |
| Alabama : from Choctaw word meaning | | | | "red people" |
| "thicket clearers" or "vegetation | | | | Saratoga: from Mohawk word meaning |
| gatherers" | | | | "springs of water from the hillside" |
| Alaska: from Aleut word meaning "great | | | | Tahoe: from Washo word meaning "big |
| land" or "that which the sea breaks | | | | water" |
| against" | | | | Utah: from Ute word meaning "people of |
| Chicago: from Algonquian word meaning | | | | the mountains" |
| "garlic field" | | | | Wyoming: from Delaware word meaning |
| Illinois: from Algonquian word meaning | | | | "mountains and valleys alternating" |
| "tribe of superior men" | | | | Of course, there are many other |
| Kansas: from Sioux word meaning "people | | | | examples. So next time you look at a |
| of the south wind" | | | | name of a city, town, village, state, |
| Kentucky: from an Iroquois word meaning | | | | lake, mountain or region, it just might |
| "land of tomorrow" | | | | have come from a Native American word. |
| Massachusetts: from Massachusett word | | | | More than likely, the place was named |
| meaning "at or about the great hill" | | | | with the influence of one of the |
| Minnesota: from Dakota word meaning "sky | | | | regional or local Native American Indian |
| tinted water" | | | | tribes. |
| Manhattan: from Algonquian word meaning | | | | |