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