Native American Placenames of the United States
Native American Placenames of the United States

Author: William Bright

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13: 9780806135984

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This volume combines historical research and linguistic fieldwork with native speakers from across the United States to present the first comprehensive, up-to-date, scholarly dictionary of American placenames derived from native languages." "Linguist William Bright assembled a team of twelve editorial consultants - experts in Native American languages - and many other native contributors to prepare this lexicon of eleven thousand placenames along with their etymologies. New data from leading scholars make this volume an invaluable reference for students of American Indian culture, folklore, and local histories. Bright's introduction explains his methodology and the contents of each entry. This comprehensive, alphabetical lexicon preserves native language as it details the history and culture found in American indian placenames.

Native American Place Names of Maine, New Hampshire, & Vermont
Native American Place Names of Maine, New Hampshire, & Vermont

Author: R. A. Douglas-Lithgow

Publisher: Applewood Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1557095418

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This dictionary of Native American places was originally published in 1909. Alphabetically arranged by Native American name, this reference work gives insight into the Native origins of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont cities, towns, rivers, streams, lakes, and other locales. The Abanki confederacy of tribes of northern New England gets their name from the word Wabunaki meaning "land or country of the east" or "morning land."

Louisiana Place Names
Louisiana Place Names

Author: Clare D'Artois Leeper

Publisher: LSU Press

Published: 2012-10-19

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 0807147397

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From Aansel to Zwolle, with Mardi Gras Bayou in between, avid writer Clare D Artois Leeper offers her own alphabet of places in Louisiana, both past and present. Louisiana Place Names includes 893 entries that reveal Leeper s distinct view of the state s history. Her unique blend of documented fact and traditional wisdom result in an entertaining guide to Louisiana s place name lore.

Louisiana Place Names of Indian Origin
Louisiana Place Names of Indian Origin

Author: William A. Read

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 2008-10-12

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 0817355057

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His writings spanned five decades and have been instrumental across a wide range of academic disciplines. Most importantly, Read devoted a good portion of his research to the meaning of place names in the southeastern United States—especially as they related to Indian word adoption by Europeans. This volume includes his three Louisiana articles combined: Louisiana: Louisiana Place-Names of Indian Origin (1927), More Indian Place-Names in Louisiana (1928), and Indian Words (1931). Joining Alabama's reprint of Indian Places Names in Alabama and Florida Place Names of Indian Origin and Seminole Personal Names, this volume completes the republication of the southern place name writings of William A. Read.

A Place Called Peculiar
A Place Called Peculiar

Author: Frank K. Gallant

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-02-16

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0486483606

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From Bug Tussle, Alabama, to Donnybrook, New York, this pop-culture history offers a highly entertaining survey of America's most unusual place-names and their often-humorous origins. The author traveled the country, recording the best stories and legends he encountered. The only nationwide survey of its kind, it's a great browsing book with a state-by-state format for easy reference

Nevada Place Names
Nevada Place Names

Author: Helen S. Carlson

Publisher: University of Nevada Press

Published: 1974-01-01

Total Pages: 579

ISBN-13: 0874174031

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Author and researcher Helen Carlson spent almost fourteen years searching for the origins of Nevada’s place names, using the maps of explorers, miners, government surveyors, and city planners and poring through historical accounts, archival documents, county records, and newspaper files. The result of her labors is Nevada Place Names, a fascinating mixture of history spiced with folklore, legend, and obscure facts. Out of print for some years, the book was reprinted in 1999.