List of organisms with names derived from Indigenous languages of the Americas information
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This list includes organisms whose common or scientific names are drawn from indigenous languages of the Americas. When the common name of the organism in English derives from an indigenous language of the Americas, it is given first.
In biological nomenclature, organisms receive scientific names, which are formally in Latin, but may be drawn from any language and many have incorporated words from indigenous language of the Americas. These scientific names are generally formally published in peer-reviewed journal articles or larger monographs along with descriptions of the named taxa and ways to distinguish them from other taxa.
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are derivedfromthenamesof mythological characters (Venus, Neptune), and many personal names are derivedfrom place-names, namesof nations and the like...
all the way to Oceania. It includes such languages as Malagasy, Māori, Samoan, and many oftheindigenouslanguagesof Indonesia and Taiwan. The Austronesian...
Joseph claimed that Trinidad's Indigenousname was Cairi or "Land ofthe Humming Bird", derivedfromthe Arawak name for hummingbird, ierèttê or yerettê...
Montreal and the Pontiac. Three families ofIndigenouslanguages encompassing eleven languages exist in Quebec: the Algonquian language family (Abenaki...
disease; marine pharmacognosy: the study of chemicals derivedfrom marine organisms. All plants produce chemical compounds as part of their normal metabolic activities...
reduction in the number ofIndigenous peoples oftheAmericasfromthe 15th century onwards, most severely in the Caribbean. The cultures of both hemispheres...
Nations. One ofthe main Indigenouslanguages in BC is Kwakʼwala, thelanguageofthe Kwakwakaʼwakw First Nations. BC's economy is diverse, with service-producing...
other indigenousnames) were shamans ofthe various ethnic groups ofthe pre-colonial Philippine islands. These shamans specialized in harnessing the unlimited...
on Indigenouslanguages in the Amazon rainforest basin. Approximately 20% of global endangered languages are found in the region and the loss of ancestral...
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included the study of fungi and algae by mycologists and phycologists respectively, withthe study of these three groups oforganisms remaining within the sphere...
Some Germanic words from that period are part ofthe Portuguese lexicon, together with place names, surnames, and first names. Withthe Umayyad conquest...
diverse areas in the world, with more than 70 indigenouslanguagesderivedfrom 64 root languages in six language families. A survey conducted between 2007...
of fish had been described as of October 2016, with approximately 250 new species described each year.[citation needed] The word is derivedfromthe Greek...
four chambers, each with dozens of small, black seeds. The genus name is derivedfromthe plant's Hindi name, dhatūra, ultimately from Sanskrit dhattūra...
their names, but do not meet widely used definitions of landraces. For example, the British Landrace pig is a standardized breed, derivedfrom earlier...
Nancy J. (2014). "Appendix 2B. Namesof Native Plant Species in IndigenousLanguagesof Northwestern North America". Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge...
a "keystone species" in the Arctic marine regions. The walrus has played a prominent role in the cultures of many indigenous Arctic peoples, who have...
Review of Spanish Philology report. There are various placenames in the Chiloé Archipelago with Chono etymologies despite the main indigenouslanguageof the...
ofthe group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are...
be a Union of States. "India, that is Bharat: A short history ofthe nation's names, fromthe Rig Veda to the Constitution of India". The Indian Express...
Pygmaeus), derivedfrom πυγμή – meaning a short forearm cubit, or a measure of length corresponding to the distance fromthe wrist to the elbow or knuckles...
haplotype is a group of alleles in an organism that are inherited together from a single parent, and a haplogroup (haploid fromthe Greek: ἁπλοῦς, haploûs...
referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending withthe Persian suffix "-stan" (meaning "land of") in both respective native languages and most other...