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List of place names of Native American origin in New England

October 28, 2023

The region of New England in the United States has numerous place names derived from the indigenous peoples of the area. New England is in the Northeastern United States, and comprises six states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Listed are well-known names of towns, significant bodies of water, and mountains. This list can virtually never be sufficiently completed as there are hundreds of thousands of place names in New England.

Formation and transmission of names edit

All the names in this section come to us only through persons whose first language was English and only rarely knew any other. From the few sources who were bilingual, we are fortunate to have some concept of how some of the names were segmented in the languages from which they came. Those names often tend to predominate in lists such as these, just because they are more easily understood.

Most names were received by English settlers who had little idea what they meant. Being naturally curious, they asked the natives what the names meant or conjectured among themselves or both. The natives were faced with having to explain the name in a language they knew but rudimentarily. They interpreted freely, often giving the use or features of interest about the place rather than trying to explain the elements of their language to the English. They never had a linguist's understanding of the structure of their language. Their descendants, speaking primarily English, no longer knew how to produce meaningful utterances in the language of their native forefathers.

Consequently, the names can be divided into roughly two categories: those for which the original morphology is known to some degree and those for which it is not. The meanings of the latter category are traditional only, but the tradition may not necessarily descend from a native speaker. It may have been a settler's conjecture, passed on through the social mechanism of the sacred words of the forefathers or simply because no other interpretation was available.

The mechanism can be seen most clearly in names for which both categories of meaning exist. You might read that a name is supposed to mean "the place of portage" or "the pines" when in fact those meanings are not even implied by the morphology of the name. It is entirely possible, however, that those places were used for those purposes. On the other hand, some settler may have guessed that they were used for those purposes. In cases where there is no morphology there is little point in argument over the "correct meaning" of the name, an activity enjoyed by New Englanders since settlement times, and which also you will undoubtedly see much of in Wikipedia.

New England in the early 17th century when English colonists first landed was tenanted by variously named tribes for the most part speaking languages of the Algonquian family. Our aboriginals spoke an eastern branch of the group. It often happened that whole regions were named after the tribe inhabiting it, such as Massachusetts, nor does this appear to have been an English naming convention only. In this the aboriginals were non-different from the tribes of classical Europe, whose names still dot the map of Europe.

Like the tribal names of Europe, the native names descended from an antiquity long lost. The natives themselves may not have known what they meant. For these names we have mainly tradition, but even that should be regarded as more speculative than not.

Places named after tribes edit

Place names on this list represent a number of tribes speaking aboriginal languages within the Algonquian family, for the most part, if in warped or anglicized form:

Connecticut edit

Common dialects of the Algonquian languages: Hammonasset, Mahican, Montauk, Niantic, Paugussett, Pequot-Mohegan, Podunk, Poquonock, Quinnipiac, Tunxi, Wangunk

  • Connecticut, the state, and river: (in several dialects) "place of the long river" or "by the long tidal stream"
    • Aspetuck River (and town): (Paugussett) "at the high place"
    • Cockenoe Island: (Montauk) from the name of a 17th-century native interpreter
    • Coginchaug River: (Wangunk) "place where fish are dried/cured"
    • Congamuck Ponds (on Maine border Congamond Lake): (Nipmuck) "long fishing place"
    • Cos Cob: (Mohegan from Cassacubque) "high rocks"
    • Hammonassett Point: (Hammonassett) "place of sand bars"
    • Hockanum River (and community): (Podunk) "hook"
    • Housatonic River: (Mahican) "beyond the mountain"
    • Mashapaug Pond: (Nipmuck) "large pond"
    • Massapeag: (Mohegan) "place at the large cove"
    • Menunketesuck River (and Menunketesuck Island): (Hammonasset) "strong flowing stream"
    • Mianus River (and town): (Paugussett) a 17th-century chief's name – "Mianu/Mayanno's"
    • Mohawk Mountain: eastern Iroquois tribe; Algonquian term for their western enemies – "wolves," "hungry animals," or "cannibals"
    • Mohegan: tribe; "hungry animal" or "wolf"
    • Moodus River (also reservoir, and village): (Wangunk) from "mache moodus" or "bad noises" (the Moodus noises)
    • Moosup: (Narragansett) a chief named "Mausup"
    • Mystic River (and town): (Pequot-Mohegan) "great tidal river"
    • Naugatuck River (and town): (Quinnipiac) "single tree"
    • Natchaug River: (Nipmuck) "between rivers"
    • Nepaug Reservoir: (Wangunk) "fresh pond"
    • Niantic River (and town): tribe; "point of land on tidal river"
    • Norwalk River (and city): (Algonquian) noyank or "point of land" or from the name Naramauke
    • Oronoque: (Quinnipiac) "curved place" or "land at the bend"
    • Pachaug River (and pond): (Narragansett) "at the turning place"
    • Pataguanset Lake: (Niantic) "at the round, shallow place"
    • Pawcatuck River (Rhode Island border): (Niantic/Pequot) "the clear divided (tidal) stream"
    • Pequabuck: (Wangunk) "clear, open pond"
    • Pistapaug Pond: (Quinnipiac) "muddy pond"
    • Pocotopaug Lake: (Wangunk) "divided pond" or "two ponds"
    • Poquetanuck: (Mohegan) "land broken up" (like dried mud cracking)
    • Poquonock Bridge and river: (Algonquian – several) "cleared land"
    • Quaddick Reservoir: (Nipmuck) "bend in river" or (Narragansett) "boggy place"
    • Lake Quassapaug: (Quinnipiac) "big pond" or "big rock"
    • Quinebaug River (and town): (Nipmuck) "long pond"
    • Quinnipiac River: (Quinnipiac) "where we change our route"
    • Lake Quonnipaug: (Quinnipiac) "long pond"
    • Sachem Head: (Algonquian/general) "chief"
    • Saugatuck River: (Paugussett) "outlet of the tidal river"
    • Scitico: (Nipmuck) "land at the river branch"
    • Shenipsit Lake: (Mohegan) "at the great pool"
    • Shepaug River: (Tunxis) "great pond"
    • Shetucket River: (Mohegan) "land between rivers"
    • Shunock River: (Mohegan) "stony place" or possibly "place between streams"
    • Skungamug River: (Nipmuck) "eel-fishing place"
    • Taconic: (Mahican) "steep ascent"
    • Uncasville: (Mohegan) 17th-century chief's name (wonkus – "fox")
    • Wangum Lake: (Paugussett) "bend/crooked"
    • Wangumbaug Lake: (Nipmuck) "crooked pond"
    • Wangumgaug Lake: "crooked pond"
    • Lake Waramaug: (Mahican) "good fishing-place"
    • Willimantic River (and town): (Mohegan or Nipmuck) "good cedar swamp"
    • Winnepauk: (Mahican) "beautiful pond"
    • Wononpacook Pond: (Mahican) "land at the bend in the pond"
    • Wononskopomuc Lake: (Mahican) "rocks at the bend in the lake"
    • Wopowaug River: (Wangunk) "crossing-place"
    • Wopowog: (Wangunk) "crossing-place"
    • Wyassup Lake: (Mohegan) "flags" or "rushes"
    • Yantic River (and town): (Mohegan) "as far as the tide goes up this side of the river"
  • Former names:
    • Mameeg or Nameeg: (Pequot-Mohegan) "fishing place" New London
    • Miamogue: (Paugussett) "where we come together to fish" Bridgeport (harbor)
    • Nawaas: general name for Connecticut

Maine edit

Common languages:

Massachusetts edit

Common languages:

New Hampshire edit

Common Languages: Abnaki, Nipmuc, Pennacook

Rhode Island edit

Common languages:

  • Northern: Natick, Nipmuc
  • Southern: Narragansett
    • Apponaug: (Narragansett) "where oysters/shellfish are roasted" or "waiting place"
    • Aquidneck Island: (Narragansett) "at the island"
    • Canonchet: a 17th-century Narragansett chief
    • Chepachet: (Narragansett) "boundary/separation place"
    • Conanicut Island: (Narragansett) named for a 17th-century chief Canonicus
    • Conimicut: (Narragansett) thought to be named for granddaughter of Canonicus (see above)
    • Mount Hope: (from Narragansett Montop or Montaup) "look-out place" or "well-fortified island"
    • Narragansett Bay (and town): tribe: "at the narrow point"
    • Natick: tribe; "the place I seek" or "home"
    • Pascoag (and river): (Nipmuck) "the dividing place" (of river)
    • Pawtucket: (Narragansett) "at the falls in the river (tidal stream)"
    • Pettaquamscutt Rock (and river): Narragansett) "at the round rock"
    • Pontiac: famous mid-18th century Ottawa chief
    • Quonochontaug: (Narragansett) "home of the blackfish"
    • Sakonnet River (and point): (Narragansett) "rainy place"
    • Scituate Reservoir: (Wampanoag) "at the cold spring/brook"
    • Shawomet: (Narragansett) "at the peninsula/neck" (canoe-landing place)
    • Usquepaugh: (Narragansett) "at the end of the pond"
    • Weekapaug: (Narragansett) "at the end of the pond"
    • Woonsocket: (Nipmuck) "place of steep descent"
    • Wyoming: (Delaware) "large prairie"
  • Former names:
    • Aquidnic: (Narragansett) "the island" Rhode Island
    • Niwosaket: (Narragansett) "place of two brooks" Woonsocket
    • Manisses: (Narragansett) "little god"; (Niantic) "little island" Block Island
    • Mattoonuc Neck: (Niantic) "place at look-out hill" Point Judith
    • Maushapogue: (Narragansett) "land at the great cove" Cranston

Vermont edit

Common languages: Abnaki, Mahican

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Nissitissit River Land Trust". nissitissitriver.org. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
  2. ^ Nashua River Wild & Scenic Study Committee (November 29, 2017). "DRAFT STEWARDSHIP PLAN" (PDF).
  • Bright, William (2004). Native American Place Names of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
  • Hartford Courant (editors?) (1999). "Ask the Courant: Where are the beginnings of four shoreline rivers, the Hammonasset, Menunketesuck, Patchogue and Indian rivers, and how did they come by their names?",
  • Huden, John C. (1962). Indian Place Names of New England, Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation
  • O'Brien, Frank Waabu (2010). Understanding Indian Place Names in Southern New England. Colorado: Bauu Press.
  • Trumbull, James H. (1881). Indian Names of Places, etc., in and on the Borders of Connecticut: With Interpretations of Some of Them. Hartford, Conn: Lockwood & Brainerd (reprinted 1974).

External links edit

  • (archived 2011)
  • Rhode Island place names
  • Algonquian language family
  • The composition of Indian geographical names, illustrated from the Algonkin languages, Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821–1897. [Hartford, Conn.? : s.n., 187-?]

October 28, 2023
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The region of New England in the United States has numerous place names derived from the indigenous peoples of the area New England is in the Northeastern United States and comprises six states Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont Listed are well known names of towns significant bodies of water and mountains This list can virtually never be sufficiently completed as there are hundreds of thousands of place names in New England Contents 1 Formation and transmission of names 2 Places named after tribes 3 Connecticut 4 Maine 5 Massachusetts 6 New Hampshire 7 Rhode Island 8 Vermont 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksFormation and transmission of names editAll the names in this section come to us only through persons whose first language was English and only rarely knew any other From the few sources who were bilingual we are fortunate to have some concept of how some of the names were segmented in the languages from which they came Those names often tend to predominate in lists such as these just because they are more easily understood Most names were received by English settlers who had little idea what they meant Being naturally curious they asked the natives what the names meant or conjectured among themselves or both The natives were faced with having to explain the name in a language they knew but rudimentarily They interpreted freely often giving the use or features of interest about the place rather than trying to explain the elements of their language to the English They never had a linguist s understanding of the structure of their language Their descendants speaking primarily English no longer knew how to produce meaningful utterances in the language of their native forefathers Consequently the names can be divided into roughly two categories those for which the original morphology is known to some degree and those for which it is not The meanings of the latter category are traditional only but the tradition may not necessarily descend from a native speaker It may have been a settler s conjecture passed on through the social mechanism of the sacred words of the forefathers or simply because no other interpretation was available The mechanism can be seen most clearly in names for which both categories of meaning exist You might read that a name is supposed to mean the place of portage or the pines when in fact those meanings are not even implied by the morphology of the name It is entirely possible however that those places were used for those purposes On the other hand some settler may have guessed that they were used for those purposes In cases where there is no morphology there is little point in argument over the correct meaning of the name an activity enjoyed by New Englanders since settlement times and which also you will undoubtedly see much of in Wikipedia New England in the early 17th century when English colonists first landed was tenanted by variously named tribes for the most part speaking languages of the Algonquian family Our aboriginals spoke an eastern branch of the group It often happened that whole regions were named after the tribe inhabiting it such as Massachusetts nor does this appear to have been an English naming convention only In this the aboriginals were non different from the tribes of classical Europe whose names still dot the map of Europe Like the tribal names of Europe the native names descended from an antiquity long lost The natives themselves may not have known what they meant For these names we have mainly tradition but even that should be regarded as more speculative than not Places named after tribes editPlace names on this list represent a number of tribes speaking aboriginal languages within the Algonquian family for the most part if in warped or anglicized form Abnaki Hammonassett Mahican Mattabesset Mill Mi kmaq Mohegan Montauk Natick Narragansett Niantic Nipmuc Norridgewock Passamaquoddy Paugussett Pennacook Penobscot Pequot Podunk Poquonock Quinnipiac Tunxi WampanoagConnecticut editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources List of place names of Native American origin in New England news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Common dialects of the Algonquian languages Hammonasset Mahican Montauk Niantic Paugussett Pequot Mohegan Podunk Poquonock Quinnipiac Tunxi Wangunk Connecticut the state and river in several dialects place of the long river or by the long tidal stream Aspetuck River and town Paugussett at the high place Cockenoe Island Montauk from the name of a 17th century native interpreter Coginchaug River Wangunk place where fish are dried cured Congamuck Ponds on Maine border Congamond Lake Nipmuck long fishing place Cos Cob Mohegan from Cassacubque high rocks Hammonassett Point Hammonassett place of sand bars Hockanum River and community Podunk hook Housatonic River Mahican beyond the mountain Mashapaug Pond Nipmuck large pond Massapeag Mohegan place at the large cove Menunketesuck River and Menunketesuck Island Hammonasset strong flowing stream Mianus River and town Paugussett a 17th century chief s name Mianu Mayanno s Mohawk Mountain eastern Iroquois tribe Algonquian term for their western enemies wolves hungry animals or cannibals Mohegan tribe hungry animal or wolf Moodus River also reservoir and village Wangunk from mache moodus or bad noises the Moodus noises Moosup Narragansett a chief named Mausup Mystic River and town Pequot Mohegan great tidal river Naugatuck River and town Quinnipiac single tree Natchaug River Nipmuck between rivers Nepaug Reservoir Wangunk fresh pond Niantic River and town tribe point of land on tidal river Norwalk River and city Algonquian noyank or point of land or from the name Naramauke 1 Oronoque Quinnipiac curved place or land at the bend Pachaug River and pond Narragansett at the turning place Pataguanset Lake Niantic at the round shallow place Pawcatuck River Rhode Island border Niantic Pequot the clear divided tidal stream Pequabuck Wangunk clear open pond Pistapaug Pond Quinnipiac muddy pond Pocotopaug Lake Wangunk divided pond or two ponds Poquetanuck Mohegan land broken up like dried mud cracking Poquonock Bridge and river Algonquian several cleared land Quaddick Reservoir Nipmuck bend in river or Narragansett boggy place Lake Quassapaug Quinnipiac big pond or big rock Quinebaug River and town Nipmuck long pond Quinnipiac River Quinnipiac where we change our route Lake Quonnipaug Quinnipiac long pond Sachem Head Algonquian general chief Saugatuck River Paugussett outlet of the tidal river Scitico Nipmuck land at the river branch Shenipsit Lake Mohegan at the great pool Shepaug River Tunxis great pond Shetucket River Mohegan land between rivers Shunock River Mohegan stony place or possibly place between streams Skungamug River Nipmuck eel fishing place Taconic Mahican steep ascent Uncasville Mohegan 17th century chief s name wonkus fox Wangum Lake Paugussett bend crooked Wangumbaug Lake Nipmuck crooked pond Wangumgaug Lake crooked pond Lake Waramaug Mahican good fishing place Willimantic River and town Mohegan or Nipmuck good cedar swamp Winnepauk Mahican beautiful pond Wononpacook Pond Mahican land at the bend in the pond Wononskopomuc Lake Mahican rocks at the bend in the lake Wopowaug River Wangunk crossing place Wopowog Wangunk crossing place Wyassup Lake Mohegan flags or rushes Yantic River and town Mohegan as far as the tide goes up this side of the river Former names Mameeg or Nameeg Pequot Mohegan fishing place New London Miamogue Paugussett where we come together to fish Bridgeport harbor Nawaas general name for ConnecticutMaine editCommon languages Northern Abnaki Maliseet Mi kmaq Passamaquoddy Southern Abnaki Norridgewock Pennacook Penobscot Allagash River and town Abnaki bark shelter Androscoggin River Abnaki place where fish are dried cured Aroostook River Mi kmaq beautiful river Aziscohos Lake Abnaki small pine trees Caribou Abnaki kalibu shoveler gets food by pawing or shoveling Casco Bay Mi kmaq muddy Chebeague Island Abnaki separated place Chemquasabamticook Lake Abnaki where there is a large lake and roocks Chesuncook Lake Abnaki at the principal outlet Chiputneticook Lakes Abnaki at the place of the big hill stream Cobscook Bay Maliseet rocks under water Cobbosseecontee Lake Abnaki many sturgeon Damariscotta and lake and river Abnaki many alewives Katahdin Abnaki the principal mountain Kennebago Lake Abnaki long large pond lake Kennebec River Abnaki long quiet water Kennebunk and river Abnaki long sand bar Madawaska River Mi kmaq where one river joins another Matagamon Abnaki far on the other side Matinicus Island Abnaki far out island Mattamiscontis Lake Abnaki many ale wives Mattawamkeag River and town Abnaki fishing beyond gravel bar or Mi kmaq on a sand bar Metinic Island Abnaki far out island Millinocket and lake Abnaki this place is admirable Molunkus Pond and stream Abnaki ravine Monhegan Island Mi kmaq or Maliseet out to sea island Mooselookmeguntic Lake Abnaki moose feeding place portage to or big trees at Muscongus Bay Abnaki many large rock ledges Musquash Lake Abnaki muskrat Musquacook River and lake Abnaki muskrat place Nahmakanta Lake Abnaki many fish Nollesemic and lake Abnaki resting place at the falls Ogunquit Mi kmaq lagoons within dunes Orono Abnaki purportedly from a Chief Joseph Orono no translation Ossipee River Abnaki beyond the water Oquossoc Abnaki place of trout a certain trout type Passadumkeag Abnaki rapids over gravel beds Passamaquoddy Bay tribal name place of abundance of pollack Pemadumcook Lake Maliseet extended sand bar place Pemaquid Mi kmaq extended land peninsula Penobscot River Abnaki tribal name place of descending rocks ledges Piscataqua River New Hampshire border Pennacook the place where the river divides Piscataquis River Abnaki at the river branch Quoddy Head Passamaquoddy abbreviation to pollack Saco and river Abnaki flowing out or outlet Sebago Lake and town Abnaki big lake Sebasticook Lake Penobscot Abnaki almost through place Seboomook Lake and town Abnaki at the large stream Skowhegan town Abnaki watching place for fish Squa Pan Lake and town Abnaki bear s den Umcolcus Lake Abnaki whistling duck Usuntabunt Lake Abnaki wet head or possibly three heads Wassutaquook River sp Webhannet River Abnaki at the clear stream Former names Ahbaysauk Abnaki place where clams are baked dried Bar Harbor Amitgon pontook Abnaki place at the falls where fish are dried cured Lewiston Falls Machegony mi kmaq shaped like a large knee PortlandMassachusetts editCommon languages Eastern Massachusett Nipmuc Wampanoag southeast Western Natick Nipmuck Narragansett southwest Pocumtuck Massachusetts the state Natick by the great hills the hills of Milton Blue Hill south of Boston Achastapac Pocumtuck Land of rivers and mountains Acoaxet Narragansett at the fishing promontory or place of small pines Acushnet River and town Naragansett at the cove Agawam Nipmuck or Pennacook low land with water or place to unload canoes possible portage spot Annisquam and river Assabet River Nipmuck at the boggy place Assawompset Pond Narragansett trading place Wampanoag place of large upright rock Assinippi Wampanoag rocks in water Assonet River also Cedar Swamp and village Narragansett at the rock the rock in question being Dighton Rock Cataumet Wampanoag at the ocean or landing place Lake Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Mohegan boundary fishing place Chappaquiddick Island Wampanoag separated island Chicopee also falls and river Nipmuck violent water Cochituate Natick place of swift water Cohasset Natick long rocky place Congamond Lake on Connecticut border Congamuck Ponds Nipmuck long fishing place Cotuit Wampanoag long planting field Cummaquid Wampanoag harbor Cuttyhunk Wampanoag thing that lies out in the sea Gansett Harbor Mount Greylock named for a Missisquoi chief Hockanum Podunk hook Hockomock Swamp Natick Abnaki evil spirit or hellish place Narragansett hook shaped place Hoosac Tunnel Mahican rock place Humarock Wampanoag shell place or rock carving Hyannis Wampanoag name of a 17th century chief Iyanogh s Jamaica Plain and pond Natick beaver Manhan River Nipmuck island Manomet and point Wampanoag portage place Mashpee Wampamoag place near great cove Mattapan Natick resting place or end of portage Mattapoisett Wampanoag resting place or edge of cove Megansett Harbor Merrimac Pennacook deep place Merrimack River Abnaki at the deep place Mishaum Point Narragansett great neck or canoe landing place Lake Monomonac NH border Abnaki at the very deep place Monatiquot River Massachusett a lookout out place Monomoy Island and point Wampanoag look out place or deep water Muskeget Island and channel Wampanoag grassy place Mystic River Natick great tidal stream Nabnasset Nipmuck Nagog Pond Concord water supply located in Acton Nahant Natick the point or almost an island Nantasket Beach Natick Wampanoag at the strait or low tide place Nantucket Island Wampanoag in the midst of waters Naragansett far off among the waves Nashawena Island Wampanoag between Nashoba Brook Natick tribe the place I seek or home place clearing Naushon Island Wampanoag middle no clear translation Nemasket River Wampanoag place where the fish are Neponset River Natick possibly a good fall easy for canoe travel Nonamesset Island Wampanoag Nissitissit Nipmuc two brooks or between two brooks 1 Nonquitt Narragansett dry or landing place Onota Lake Mahican blue deep Pasque Island Penikese Island Pocasset Natick where the stream widens Pontoosuc Mahican or Nipmuck falls on the brook Punkatasset Hill Algonquian Quabbin Reservoir Nipmuck crooked streams Quaboag River Nipmuck before the pond or abbreviation of red pond m squ boag Quinebaug River Nipmuck long pond Lake Quinsigamond Nipmuck pickerel fishing place Quequechan River Wampanoag falling river Quissett Nipmuck at the place of small pines Sagamore Wampanoag chief Santuit Wampanoag cool water place Saugus Natick outlet Scituate Wampanoag at the cold spring or brook Seekonk Narragansett wild black goose or Wampanoag mouth of stream or wild goose Segreganset River Narragansett place of hard rocks Shawmut Peninsula Algonquian ferry or place to draw up canoes Siasconset Narragansett at the place of many great bones whales Sippewissett Wampanoag at the little river Snipatuit Pond Wampanoag at the rocky river Squannacook River Nipmuc place for taking salmon 2 Squibnocket Point and pond Wampanoag at the place of dark rocks or clay cliff Swampscott Natick place of red rocks Succanessett Wampanoag place of black shells Taconic Mountains Natick steep ascent Tantiusques Nipmuck black stuff between the hills Tuckernuck Island Wampanoag round loaf of bread Uncatena Island Womanoag like a hill or end of the hill or shows from afar Mount Wachusett and reservoir Natick near the mountain Waquoit Wampanoag at the end Mount Watatic Nipmuck Watuppa Ponds Wampanoag roots Weepecket Islands Wampanoag Possibly from Wanbackuck white headed eagle or osprey Weweantic River Wampanoag crooked or wandering stream Wianno Minnechaug Regional High School Algonquian Land of Berries Woronoco Nipmuck winding about Former names Capawack or Capoag Wampanoag enclosed harbor Martha s Vineyard Cohannet Wampanoag or Narragansett at the long or pine place Taunton Poughkeeste Wampanoag bay with coves Buzzards BayNew Hampshire editCommon Languages Abnaki Nipmuc Pennacook Ammonoosuc River Upper and Lower Abnaki small narrow fishing place Amoskeag Pennacook fishing place Manchester Ashuelot River and pond Pennacook or Natick place between Canobie Lake Abnaki abundant water Contoocook and river and lake Pennacook place of the river near pines or Abnaki nut trees river or Natick small plantation at the river Coos Pennacook pine tree Hooksett Pennacook possible abbreviation of Annahooksett place of beautiful trees Mascoma River and lake Abnaki much grass or salmon fishing or red rocks Massabesic Lake Abnaki near the great brook Merrimack River and town Mount Monadnock Natick at the most prominent island like mountain Mount Moosilauke Abnaki good moose place or at the smooth place Nashua River and city Pennacook Nipmuck between streams Ossipee River and town and lake Abnaki beyond the water Paugus Bay Abnaki small pond Pawtuckaway Lake and mountains Abnaki falls in the river or clear shallow river Pemigewasset River Abnaki extensive rapids Pennacook village tribal name at the foothills Piscataqua River Maine border Pennacook place where the river divides Piscataquog River Abnaki place where the river divides Souhegan River Pennacook or Nipmuck watching place Squam Lake and river Abnaki salmon Lake Sunapee and town Pennacook rocks in the water rocky pond Suncook River also lakes and village Pennacook rocky place Umbagog Lake Abnaki clear lake Lake Winnipesaukee and river Pennacook land around the lakes or good land around lake at mountains Lake Winnisquam Abnaki salmon fishing place Former names Kodaak wadso Abnaki summit of the highest mountain Mount WashingtonRhode Island editCommon languages Northern Natick Nipmuc Southern Narragansett Apponaug Narragansett where oysters shellfish are roasted or waiting place Aquidneck Island Narragansett at the island Canonchet a 17th century Narragansett chief Chepachet Narragansett boundary separation place Conanicut Island Narragansett named for a 17th century chief Canonicus Conimicut Narragansett thought to be named for granddaughter of Canonicus see above Mount Hope from Narragansett Montop or Montaup look out place or well fortified island Narragansett Bay and town tribe at the narrow point Natick tribe the place I seek or home Pascoag and river Nipmuck the dividing place of river Pawtucket Narragansett at the falls in the river tidal stream Pettaquamscutt Rock and river Narragansett at the round rock Pontiac famous mid 18th century Ottawa chief Quonochontaug Narragansett home of the blackfish Sakonnet River and point Narragansett rainy place Scituate Reservoir Wampanoag at the cold spring brook Shawomet Narragansett at the peninsula neck canoe landing place Usquepaugh Narragansett at the end of the pond Weekapaug Narragansett at the end of the pond Woonsocket Nipmuck place of steep descent Wyoming Delaware large prairie Former names Aquidnic Narragansett the island Rhode Island Niwosaket Narragansett place of two brooks Woonsocket Manisses Narragansett little god Niantic little island Block Island Mattoonuc Neck Niantic place at look out hill Point Judith Maushapogue Narragansett land at the great cove CranstonVermont editCommon languages Abnaki Mahican Mount Ascutney and village Abnaki at the end of the river fork Lake Bomoseen and town Abnaki keeper of ceremonial fire Hoosac Mountains Mahican stone place Hoosic River Lake Iroquois Abnaki French real adders describing western enemies of Abnaki Jamaica Natick beaver Maquam Bay Lake Memphremagog Abnaki where there is great expanse of water Mettawee River Missisquoi River tribal name Monadnock Mountain Abnaki at the mountain which sticks up like an island see New Hampshire Moosalamoo Mountain Abnaki moose trail Netop Mountain Natick my friend Nickwaket Mountain Abnaki at the fork or home of squirrels Nulhegan River Abnaki log trap or deadfall Ompompanoosuc River Abnaki mushy quaky land Ottauquechee River uncertain Natick swift mountain stream Passumpsic River and village Abnaki flowing over clear sandy bottom Pico Peak possibly Abnaki the pass opening Pompanoosuc abbreviation of Ompompanoosuc Popasquash Island Quechee abbreviation of Ottauquechee Queneska Island Abnaki elbow or long joint Walloomsac River Winooski River and city Abnaki wild onions Former names Mozodepo wadso Abnaki moose head mountain Mount Mansfield Tawakbodee esso wadso Abnaki resting place sit down mountain Camel s HumpSee also editIndian reservation List of U S communities with Native American majority populations List of place names in Canada of Aboriginal origin List of placenames of indigenous origin in the Americas AlgonquianReferences edit Nissitissit River Land Trust nissitissitriver org Retrieved 2021 11 27 Nashua River Wild amp Scenic Study Committee November 29 2017 DRAFT STEWARDSHIP PLAN PDF Bright William 2004 Native American Place Names of the United States Norman University of Oklahoma Press Hartford Courant editors 1999 Ask the Courant Where are the beginnings of four shoreline rivers the Hammonasset Menunketesuck Patchogue and Indian rivers and how did they come by their names Huden John C 1962 Indian Place Names of New England Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation O Brien Frank Waabu 2010 Understanding Indian Place Names in Southern New England Colorado Bauu Press Trumbull James H 1881 Indian Names of Places etc in and on the Borders of Connecticut With Interpretations of Some of Them Hartford Conn Lockwood amp Brainerd reprinted 1974 External links editMap of New England Languages archived 2011 Massachusetts place names Rhode Island place names Algonquian language family The composition of Indian geographical names illustrated from the Algonkin languages Trumbull J Hammond James Hammond 1821 1897 Hartford Conn s n 187 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of place names of Native American origin in New England amp oldid 1179647853, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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