Can you name the largest US cities with Native American names? by sedriskell

State	City	Population
Illinois		2,695,598
Washington		608,660
Wisconsin		594,833
Oklahoma		579,999
Arizona		520,116
Missouri		459,787
Nebraska		408,958
Florida		399,457
Oklahoma		391,906
Minnesota		382,578

State	City	Population
Kansas		382,368
Florida		335,709
Florida		224,669
Virginia		222,209
Washington		208,916
Washington		198,397
Alabama		195,111
Florida		181,376
Tennessee		167,674
California		165,269

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US Cities with Native American Etymology Quiz

by sedriskell

Created Dec 20, 2009 in Geography
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	WadeGarrett:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 02:54 GMT	2 points
	Good idea, but there are too many errors. I understand how you got "Minneapolis," because the derivative is "Minnesota." But, "Colorado" is a Spanish word. "Des Moines" is French. "Rancho Cucamonga" is Spanish.

	sedriskell:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 03:30 GMT	2 points
	You're right, I don't know why I thought Colorado and Des Moines were eligible. However, the word Cucamonga is a native word. Unless my research was incorrect, if you find something different than I did for it, let me know. Thank you!

	geowiz85:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 03:55 GMT	3 points
	maybe change that top line to something like largest US cities derived from Native American language, since minneapolis has that Greek ending, and OKC and KCMO have the english word city in their names

	gaijin32989:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 07:59 GMT	4 points
	pretty sure there was a Miami tribe...

	adamnvillani:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 08:23 GMT	2 points
	Yes, Cucamonga is a native word. Kind of amazing how few California cities have native elements to their names. Simi Valley is one, just a little bit smaller than the smallest city listed here. Azusa, Truckee, and Malibu are others, but they aren't very big. Miami, Florida is not named after the Miami tribe, but it is named after the Mayaimi tribe, so it should be included.

	sedriskell:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 09:38 GMT	0 points
	Yea, the etymology of Miami is very convoluted, I started to put it on there, but the descriptions on the websites were so confusing that I just thought it best to leave it off. But, I'll do some more research and see if I can't get it straightened out.

	gaijin32989:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 21:51 GMT	1 point
	Interesting, I never would have thought Miami wasn't named after the Miami tribe. I knew the Miami weren't native to that area, but that's good trivia to know. :) sedriskell, I can see your debate for not including it now, but my vote goes for it counting still. Fun quiz!

	sedriskell:	Dec 22nd, 2009 at 00:38 GMT	0 points
	Oh I went ahead and added it. The evidence online was much more towards the Native etymology after I looked into it more. I appreciate your suggestion!

	tbwilson:	Jan 4th, 2010 at 14:03 GMT	2 points
	I was very suprised to learn that Cincinatti is not Native American, but Latin! Interesting.

	Esme:	Feb 21st, 2010 at 00:39 GMT	2 points
	Your source needs to be fixed -- it goes to Wikipedia.com, not the actual article.

	alleyt1989:	Apr 13th, 2010 at 08:11 GMT	1 point
	Same I am really surprised about Cincinatti

	jonnyr12:	Jul 9th, 2010 at 20:45 GMT	1 point
	Tampa is missing (it is a Spanish bastardization of an Native American place name).

	Dralcoffin:	Jan 22nd, 2012 at 15:41 GMT	2 points
	Fun quiz, and commenters, it's spelled Cincinnati.