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Discover the stories behind place names with clear, compact etymologies.
This reference compiles hundreds of Indian local names and traces their meanings in a wide range of languages and cultures. It reveals how geography, history, and language blend to shape the map you use every day.
This edition offers accessible, bite‑size explanations of why places have their names, from rivers and hills to towns and seas. You’ll see how a single word can carry a cousin to ancient myths, old villages, and distant languages.
- See how familiar places—like Ohio, Ottawa, and Detroit—carry their roots in native and colonial languages.
- Explore the variety of linguistic sources, from Gaelic and Welsh to Mohawk and Creek.
- Understand the methods readers can use to trace a name’s history and meaning.
- Find concise, ready-to-use definitions that enrich travel, study, and everyday reading.
Ideal for readers who love history, geography, and the origins of the places we inhabit.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book offers a rich collection of 1,000 signications for local names used by Native American tribes in the United States, predominantly in the Algonquin, Iroquoian and Siouan languages. The author has spent many years gathering and organizing this material, delving into the historical and linguistic roots of each word. The result is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Native American history, culture, and languages, presenting an opportunity to uncover the stories and meanings behind the names of rivers, mountains, towns and more, providing deeper insights into the way Native Americans viewed their world and providing important landmarks in determining territorial limits of different tribes. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781332335633_0
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