List of place names of Native American origin in New York
This is a list of Native American place names in the U.S. state of New York.
- Adirondack Mountains
- Allegany (town), New York
- Apalachin, New York
- Asharoken, New York
- Ashokan Reservoir
- Canandaigua (city), New York
- Canarsie, Brooklyn
Canandaigua Canajoharie
Chappaqua
- Cheektowaga (town), New York
- Claverack Creek
- Commack, New York
- Conesus Lake
- Conesus, New York
- Copake, New York
- Copiague, New York
- Cossayuna Lake
- Coxsackie, New York
- Coxsackie (village), New York
- Cutchogue, New York
- Erie (disambiguation)
- Esopus, New York
- Hannawa Falls, New York
- Hoosic River
- Kerhonkson, New York
- Keuka Lake
Kiamesha
- Kesieway Creek - Kah-se-way
- Kinderhook Creek
- Lake Erie
Mahwah
- Mahopac, New York
- Mamaroneck (village), New York
- Mamaroneck, New York
- Manhasset, New York
- Manhattan - probably from <man-ǎ-hǎ-tonh>, which seems to reflect Munsee Delaware [ˈeːnta mənaˈhahteːnk], "where one gathers bows" (with -/aht/-, "bow").[1]
Manalapon
Metuchen
Mongaup Monongehela Mohonk
Nanuet
- Napeague, New York
- Neversink River
- Niagara Falls
- Niskayuna, New York
- Nissequogue River
- Noyack, New York
- Nyack, New York
- Oatka Creek
- Oneida, New York
- Onondaga, New York
Ossining
- Oswego County, New York
- Oswego River (New York)
- Otisco Lake
- Otisco, New York
- Owasco Lake
- Owego
- Patchogue River
- Patchogue, New York
- Peconic, New York
- Pepacton Reservoir
- Poospatuck Reservation
- Potic Creek
- Poughkeepsie, New York
- Queechy Lake
- Quogue, New York
- Quiogue, New York
- Ronkonkoma
- Sacandaga River
- Sagaponack, New York
- Saranac River
- Saratoga Springs, New York
Schenectady
- Schodack, New York
- Seneca Lake (New York)
- Seneca, New York
- Setauket-East Setauket, New York
- Shandaken, New York
- Shekomeko, New York
- Skaneateles (village), New York
- Susquehanna River
- Taghkanic Creek
- Taughannock Falls State Park
- Ticonderoga, New York
- Tioughnioga River
- Tonawanda Creek
- Tuckahoe (village), New York
- Tuckahoe, Suffolk County, New York
- Waccabuc, New York
- Walloomsac River
- Wappinger, New York
- Wassaic, New York
- Wawarsing, New York
Wawayanda Willowemoc
Renamed
- Hudson River called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk, the Great Mohegan, by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami, Muhheakantuck.
- Delaware River (Lenape-hi-tuk)
- Normans Kill (Ta-wa-sen-tha)
Indigenous Tribes of New York
Not a complete list
- Algonquian
- Canarsie
- Iroquois
- Lenape
- Mahican
- Metoac
- Mohawk
- Montaukett
See also
References
- Bright (2004:265)
Bibliography
- Beauchamp, William Martin (1906). Aboriginal place names of New York. New York State Education Department, New York State Museum.
- Bright, William (2004). Native American Place Names of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
- Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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