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It is incredible how much of this country is named after American Indian words. It's come to a point where I don't even realize that the name isn't 'English.'
Still very fun words to say sometimes.
Last edited by emcee squared; 11-02-2011 at 09:33 PM..
It is incredible how much of this country is named after American Indian words.
It's only appropriate, in my opinion. Regardless of how it has been made over, this is still the land of Native Americans, and there's nothing more natural than for places to be named after their culture.
It's only appropriate, in my opinion. Regardless of how it has been made over, this is still the land of Native Americans, and there's nothing more natural than for places to be named after their culture.
New Mexico (named after the Mexica tribe, NOT the Nation of Mexico, or New Spain as it was then known)
Cibola
To'haji'lii (lends its name to a Breaking Bad episode in anglicised form)
Chuska
Tsoodsil
Isleta
Ke-sahn
Ya-tah-hey (anglicised from the Navajo greeting, Ya'at'eeh)
Ohkay Owingeh
Carizozo
Zuzax
Bitsi Badlands
De-Na-Zin Wilderness
Aztec
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks
Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness
Kin Kletso
Menefee
Nageezi
Chetro Ketl
Wijiji
Tsin Kletzin
Kin Nahasbas
I live in New Mexico, so this is just scratching the surface.
Off the top of my head for Alabama (itself an Indian name):
Caha(w)ba - the river that separates Jefferson and Shelby counties
Tuscaloosa
Opelika
Roanoke
Wetumpka
Oneonta
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Coosa
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