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Okeechobee County – from the Hitchiti words oki (water) and chobi (big), a reference to Lake Okeechobee, the largest lake in Florida. Osceola County – named after Osceola, the Native American leader who led the Second Seminole War. Sarasota County. Seminole County – named after the Seminole Native American tribe.
Several of the states that derive their names from names used for Native peoples have retained the plural ending in "s": Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, and Texas. One common naming pattern has been as follows: Native tribal group → River → Territory → State.
A gag name is a pseudonym intended to be humorous through its similarity to both a real name and a term or phrase that is funny, strange, or vulgar. The source of humor stems from the double meaning behind the phrase, although use of the name without prior knowledge of the joke could also be funny. Examples of the use of gag names occur in ...
List of Taínos. This is a list of known Taíno, some of whom were caciques (male and female tribal chiefs ). Their names are in ascending alphabetical order and the table may be re-sorted by clicking on the arrows in the column header cells. The Taíno were the indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser ...
This is a list of persons whose names are in Algonquian languages. A. Andaigweos; Assacumet; Awashonks; Aysh-ke-bah-ke-ko-zhay; B. Beshekee; Biauswah; Buckongahelas; C
Cheyenne (given name) Uncertain; used to describe the Cheyenne, an American indigenous people of the Great Plains. Cheyenne (IPA: /ʃaɪˈæn/) is a unisex name of Lakota origin, though it is more commonly used by females than males. The origin of the word is uncertain, though it may be derived from the Lakota language, from the word Šahíyena.
Márohu. God of the moon and of rain, rainstorms, and floods; Boinayel's twin brother. Maketaori Guayaba. The god of Coaybay or Coabey, the land of the dead. Opiyel Guabiron. A dog-shaped god that watched over the dead; often associated with the Greek Cerberus .
The list of 135 saint names for girls includes alternate spellings, nicknames and the meaning of each. Abigail, Abbie, Abby, Gail, Gale. Meaning: the Father is happy