• Source: List of Connecticut placenames of Native American origin

The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Connecticut whose names are derived from Native American languages.




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Connecticut – from some Eastern Algonquian language of southern New England (perhaps Mahican), meaning "at the long tidal river" (after the Connecticut River).




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= Islands

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Cockenoe Island: (Montauk) from the name of a 17th-century native interpreter




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Connecticut, the state, and river: (in several dialects) "place of the long river" or "by the long tidal stream"
Hammonassett Point: (Hammonassett) "place of sand bars"“where we dig holes in the ground,”
Mohawk Mountain: eastern Iroquois tribe; Algonquian term for their western enemies – "wolves," "hungry animals," or "cannibals"[1]
Sachem Head: (Algonquian/general) "chief"




See also


List of place names in the United States of Native American origin




References






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Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar julukan kota di Amerika Serikat
• List of Connecticut placenames of Native American origin
• List of Massachusetts placenames of Native American origin
• List of Illinois placenames of Native American origin
• List of English words from Indigenous languages of the Americas
• List of place names of Native American origin in the United States
• List of place names of Native American origin in New England
• List of place names of French origin in the United States
• Connecticut Lakes
• List of state and territory name etymologies of the United States
• Connecticut River