Native American Geographical Names
The following is a list of geographical names that have, in some way or another, derived from Native Americans.
Canada
The name of Canada comes from the indigeneous word kanata which means "settlement" or "village".
Provinces & Territories
- Ontario-Iroquois word Onitariio meaning "beautiful lake" or Kanadario, variously translated as "beautiful water".
- Manitoba-
- Nunavut-
- Quebec-
- Saskatchewan-
- Yukon-
Mexico
The name of Mexico comes from the Nahuatl word mexihco, which means "place of the war god".
States
- Chiapas-
- Chihuahua-
- Coahuila-
- Guanajuato-
- México-
- Michoacán-
- Nayarit-
- Oaxaca-
- Querétaro-
- Tamaulipas-
- Tlaxcala-
- Yucatán-
- Zacatecas- Named after the Zacatec; an indigenous nation in the area. It means "inhabitants of the land were the shrubs are abundant" in Nahuatl.
United States
(This country's name is not Native American)