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I love the sounds of Northeastern cities with a Native American name: Poughkeepsie, Punxatawney, Pawtucket, Schenectady, and Woonsocket.
Other cities of Native origin are cool, don't get me wrong, but they just don't roll off the tongue like those in the Northeast.
Really? You don't think these names are just as cool? I do! They are SO MUCH FUN to say, too!
Roanoke, VA
Chesapeake, VA
Tappahannock, VA
Eufaula, AL
Tuscaloosa, AL
Tuskegee, AL
Denali, AK
Malibu, CA
Pensacola, FL
Apalachicola, FL (one of my very favorites!)
Tallahassee, FL
Miami, FL
Chicago, IL
Peoria, IL (beautiful name)
Mishawaka, IN
Tippacanoe River (one of my favorites!)
Tokepa, KS
Opelousas, LA
Ponchatoula, LA (love to say this one!)
Chaptico, MD
Conawingo, MD (Woohoo!)
Nanjemoy, MD
Nassawango Hills (MD)
Quantico, MD
Tuscarora, MD
Bejou, MN
Chippewa Co, MN (yeehaw!)
Hackensack, MN (Another favorite)
Kasota, MN (that's fun to say!)
Mankato, MN
Minnetonka, MN
Mendota, MN
OKabena, MN
Owatonna, MN
Shakopee, MN
Squaw Lake, MN
Wadena, MN
Waseca, MN
Winona, MN (pretty to say together especially)
Minnehaha Creek, MN (love it!)
Zumbro River (MN)
Biloxi, MS (love this name)
Pascagoula, MS
Cheyenee County, Nebraska
Arapaho, NE
Leshara, NE
Ogallala, NE (fun fun fun!)
Omaha, NE
Red Cloud, NE
Venango, NE (nice!)
Winnebago, NE
Cherokee, NC
Lumbee, NC
Swannanoa, NC (wow)
Cullowhee, NC
Manteo, NC
Eno River, NC
Ashtabula, OH
Chillicothe, OH
Mingo, OH (cool)
Sandusky, OH
Scioto, OH (That's another fun one to say)
Wapokoneta, OH
Anadarko, OK (fun to say too!)
Bokoshe, OK (yeah, baby!)
Catoosa, OK
Neodesha, OK (Wow!)
Talihina, OK
Tuscahoma, OK
Tillamook, OR
Willamette, OR
Allegheny, PA
Alliquippa, PA
Juniatta River, PA
Lackawanna, PA (that's a mouthful!)
Monongahela, PA (I have always loved to say this all together!)
Pennypack, PA
Shackamaxon, PA (whoduthunkit?)
Shamokin, PA
Susquehanna, PA
Wissahickon, PA
Chattanooga, TN (one of my all time favorite place names)
Mt Timpanogos, UT
Appomattox Co, VA
Chickahominy River (VA) (yeehaw!)
Mattaponi River (VA)
Shenandoah River/Valley (VA) (beautiful)
Seattle, WA
Tacoma, WA
Duckabush River (WA) (haha!)
Hamma Hamma River (WA) (These Washington names are really funny)
Walla Walla, WA
Okanogan, WA
Oshkosh, WI
Kenosha, WI
Keshena, WI
Menomonie, WI (cool)
Niagara, WI
Nekoosa, WI
Penokee, WI
Onalaska, WI
Wausaukee, WI
Winneboujou, WI (I especially like this one)
Winneconne, WI
Kinnickinnic River (WI)
Menominee River (WI)
Cheyenne, WY
There are LOTS more but these were the most "melodic" and "flowing" to me.
Also, many states' names come from Native American words:
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North and South Dakota
Oklahoma
Ohio
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Texas has some really cool names of cities and towns:
Possum Kingdom
Cut N Shoot
Abilene
San Antonio
Agua Dulce
Alamo Heights
Amarillo
Aransas Pass
Bandera
Bee Cave
Daingerfield
Del Rio
Electra
Eureka
Fate
Gun Barrel City
Lone Star
Paradise
Red Lick
Sugar Land
Sundown
Sweetwater
Uncertain
Here are some Texas names I really DISLIKE though:
Balmorhea
Balch Springs
Bangs
Sour Lake
White Settlement
Paramus, Corvalis, Romulus, and Remus always have stuck with me as favorites. Other Ancient Roman, Grecian and Latin names for some reason i've always liked.
I've never been a big fan of the Places with Native American names where it looks like they put a bunch of phonetic sounds into a hat and randomly pulled out 5 to make a word.
Many, if not most, of those are actual translations of the Native American words. Perhaps to you they appear as a random ordering of sounds but they most assuredly are not...the words have meaning and they are an important aspect of our history. I personally love the Native American names.
Location: East Central Pennsylvania/ Chicago for 6yrs.
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Surprised I see my fairly small hometown on the list. Of Native American origin. Also favorite Big city --Chicago. A Canadian French form of a Algonquian word--either sheka:ko:heki meaning---place of the wild onion. From the Fox Tribe. Or shika:konk meaning--- at the skunk place or place of the bad smell. From the Ojibwa Tribe. Chicago they say at its origin downtown was like a swamp So at some time early in its history, the city chose to raise the street level because of it. No it don't smell like that today. Though always someone trolling will say something low.
The native American city names in Wisconsin take the cake, I think. Could be some folk's least favorite due to difficulty or favorite because they are fun. Oconomowoc, Menomonee Falls, and Ashwaubenon come to mind.
And my favorite, Koshkonong. I tend to like native names as well. And the biggest native named city...Chicago has a certain ring to it.
Buck Snort and Toad Suck
As to which is fave and least fave, I think it depends on what kind of a mood I'm in that day.
-->Balmorhea, sounds like something you should take penicillin to cure!
Many, if not most, of those are actual translations of the Native American words. Perhaps to you they appear as a random ordering of sounds but they most assuredly are not...the words have meaning and they are an important aspect of our history. I personally love the Native American names.
Posted from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
I know they are, I just don't like the way they sound and/or filling out address labels when one of the 28 letter cities are involved
Atlanta- It sounds like "Atlantis" which sounds mythical and pretty
Miami- Just sounds muy caliente! and fun
Boston- Regal and storied and strong
Grand Rapids and Cedar Rapids-- sounds like white water rafting towns with rivers and mountains, very pretty
Los Angeles- "The Angels" beautiful
Hoboken- It's just fun to say it.
I also like
Escanaba, MI
Boring, OR
Gobbler's Knob, PA
Truth or Consequences, NM
Honolulu
Don't have a least favorite...
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