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List of California placenames of Native American origin information


Many places throughout the U.S. state of California take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these indigenous languages.

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List of California placenames of Native American origin

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U.S. state of California take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements...

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List of Colorado placenames of Native American origin

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CASTANEDA, TERRI (November 2006). "Native American Placenames of the United States:Native American Placenames of the United States". The Public Historian...

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List of place names of Native American origin in the United States

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take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features...

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List of place names of French origin in the United States

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in the United States List of U.S. place names of Spanish origin List of Chinook Jargon placenames List of non-US places that have a US place named after...

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List of long place names

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Mindanaoan general and senator of the same name. Longest word in English List of longest placenames in Ireland List of short place names "U.S. Board on...

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List of place names of German origin in the United States

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place names of Spanish origin List of non-US places that have a US place named after them https://www.mcmillanlibrary.org/files/docs/placenames.pdf [bare...

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List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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the southwest, with names of Spanish origin. Florida and Louisiana also were at times under Spanish control, as were California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona,...

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List of state and territory name etymologies of the United States

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(2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Guyton, Kathy (2009). U.S. State Names: The Stories of How...

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Mono Lake

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County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to...

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List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity

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also used to refer to persons of Native American and European ancestry. Apple (North America) a Native American who is "red on the outside, white on the...

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Modoc Plateau

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lies in the northeast corner of California as well as parts of Oregon and Nevada. Nearly 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) of the Modoc National Forest are...

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Etymology of Oregon

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Spanish origins. The term "orejón" comes from the historical chronicle Relación de la Alta y Baja California (1598) written by Rodrigo Montezuma, a man of New...

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Origin of the Albanians

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and Thracian placenames were made out of joined names (such as Dacian Sucidava or Thracian Bessapara; see List of Dacian cities and List of ancient Thracian...

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Endonym and exonym

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names List of European rivers with alternative names List of traditional Greek place names List of Coptic placenames Place names in Irish Names of places...

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List of places in the United States named after people

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Moses (Native American chief of the Sinkiuse-Columbia) Moss, Monterey County, California – Charles Moss (wharf owner) Moss Landing, California – Charles...

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Canadian River

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Names of French Origin in Oklahoma", Chronicles of Oklahoma, 7(2):188–193, June 1929. Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States...

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Place name origins

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appear to be Native American in origin were created by non-Natives with at best a rudimentary grasp of native languages. Pasadena, California's early Anglo...

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Squaw

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historically used for Indigenous North American women. Contemporary use of the term, especially by non-Natives, is considered derogatory, misogynist,...

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Western use of the swastika in the early 20th century

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Library, built in 1916 in the Mojave Desert in Daggett, California, includes Native American swastika designs. The non-profit is "An International Genealogical...

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List of Chinook Jargon place names

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The following is a listing of placenames from the Chinook Jargon, generally from the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, the Canadian...

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