List of Arkansas placenames of Native American origin
The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Arkansas whose names are derived from Native American languages.
Listings
[edit]Counties
[edit]- Arkansas County, Arkansas – from the Illinois rendering of the tribal autonym kką:ze, which the Miami and Illinois used to refer to the Quapaw.[1]
- Mississippi County, Arkansas
- Ouachita County, Arkansas – named after the Ouachita people.
Settlements
[edit]- Alabam
- Arkadelphia
- Bayou Township (Ashley County)
- Bayou Township (Baxter County)
- Bayou Meto (Arkansas County)
- Bayou Meto (Lonoke County)
- Caddo Gap
- Caddo Valley
- Cherokee Village – named after the Cherokee people.
- Chickalah
- Choctaw
- Cozahome
- Hatchie Coon
- Havana
- Illinois Township (Pope County)
- Illinois Township (Washington County)
- Kentucky
- Little Arkansaw
- Modoc
- Newnata
- Northern Ohio
- Omaha
- Oneida
- Oppelo
- Osage
- Osceola
- Pocahontas
- Saginaw
- Saratoga
- Solgohachia – from the Choctaw word sok-ko-huch-cha, meaning "muscadine river".
- Tennessee
- Texarkana
- Tokalon
- Tomahawk
- Tomato
- Wabash
- Wabbaseka
- Wappanocca
- Winona
Bodies of Water
[edit]- Camp Kia Kima Lake
- Meneshea Lake
- Nacoosa Paper Retention Pond
- Patocca Lower Lake and Patocca Upper Lake
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Bright (2004), p. 47.
Sources
[edit]- Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3576-X. OCLC 53019644.