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List of North Carolina placenames of Native American origin
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The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of North Carolina whose names are derived from Native American languages.
Listings
[edit]Counties
[edit]- Alamance County
- Alleghany County
- Catawba County
- Cherokee County – named after the Cherokee people.
- Town of Cherokee
- Chowan County
- Currituck County
- Pamlico County
- Pasquotank County
- Perquimans County
- Watauga County
- Yadkin County[1][2][3]
Settlements
[edit]Bodies of water
[edit]- Calabash River
- Chattooga River
- Chatuge Lake
- Cheoah River
- Chinquapin Branch
- Little Chinquapin Branch
- Chocowinity
- Chowan River
- Cohooque Creek
- Contentnea Creek
- Cullasaja River
- Donoho Creek
- Eno River
- Great Coharie Creek
- Hyco River
- Lake Mattamuskeet
- Lake Santeetlah
- Lake Tahoma
- Lake Waccamaw
- Little Tennessee River
- Meherrin River
- Moccasin Creek
- Moccasin Creek (Contentnea Creek tributary)
- Mocassin Run
- Nahunta Swamp
- Nantahala Lake
- Nolichucky River
- Nottely River
- North Pacolet River
- Nottoway River
- Oconaluftee River
- Pamlico River
- Pocoson Branch
- Pocoson Branch (Trent River tributary)
- Possum Swamp
- Possumquarter Creek
- Potecasi Creek
- Raccoon Branch
- West Prong Raccoon Creek
- Saponi Creek
- Sapony Creek
- Little Sapony Creek
- Scuppernong River
- Seneca Branch
- Shaddox Creek
- Shocco Creek
- Swannanoa River
- Tallulah River
- Tellico River
- Tuckahoe Creek
- Tuckasegee River
- Uwharrie River
- Waccamaw River
- Wiccacon River
Other
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Index". November 30, 2009. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ "North Carolina Indian Tribes". July 9, 2011. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
Sources
[edit]- Bright, William (2004). Native American Place Names of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
- Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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