List of placenames of Choctaw origin
This is a list of place names that have arisen from words in the Choctaw language or from the names of people who were themselves Choctaw.
Word and word combination derivations
[edit]- Louisiana, United States
- Oklahoma, United States
Personal name derivations
[edit]- Oklahoma, United States
References
[edit]- ^ Bright (2004), p. 52.
- ^ a b Leeper, Clare D'Artois (19 October 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.
- ^ Read (1927), pp. 10–11.
- ^ Bushnell, D.I. (1909). The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Washington: Government Printing Office. p. 7.
- ^ Read (1927), p. 12.
- ^ Milligan, Keith. "Bokchito". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society.
- ^ Milligan, James C. "Atoka County". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society.
Further reading
[edit]- Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. OCLC 53019644. Google URL (pages to 150); Internet Archive URL (requires free registration and Borrow action)
- Read, William A. (1927). Louisiana Place-Names of Indian Origin. University Bulletin, vol. XIX, no. 2. Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.