List of placenames of Indigenous origin in the Americas information
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Many places throughout North, Central, and South America take their names from the languages of the indigenous inhabitants of the area. The following list, organized by country, includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from indigenous languages.
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or other symbols. This is a listof Greek place names as they exist inthe Greek language. Places involved inthe history of Greek culture, including: Historic...