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List of river name etymologies

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This article lists the various etymologies (origins) of the names of rivers around the world.

AfricaEdit

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EuropeEdit

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North AmericaEdit

  • Athabasca: From the Woods Cree word aðapaskāw, "[where] there are plants one after another".<ref>Bright (2004:52)</ref>
  • Bow: After the reeds growing along its banks, which were used by the local Indians to make bows.
  • Brazos: From the Spanish Los Brazos de Dios, or "the arms of God". There are several different explanations for the name, all involving it being the first water to be found by desperately thirsty parties.
  • Canadian River: The etymology is unclear. The name may have come from French-Canadian traders and hunters who traveled along the river, or early explorers may have thought that the river flowed into Canada.
  • Chattahoochee: from Creek cato hocce ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) "marked rock".<ref>Bright (2004:89)</ref>
  • Colorado: Spanish for "red-colored; reddish."
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  • Potomac: From the Patowamek tribe noted by Captain John Smith.<ref>Bright (2004:396)</ref>
  • Republican: Named for the Pawnee band known as "the Republicans".
  • Rio Grande: Spanish for "big river".
  • Saint-Laurent: French for Saint Lawrence.
  • Saskatchewan: From the Cree term Cree kisiskāciwani-sīpiy, meaning "swift flowing river".
  • Schuylkill: from the Dutch schuil and kil, meaning "hidden river".
  • Snake River: Derived from an S-shaped gesture the Shoshone made with their hands to represent swimming salmon. Explorers misinterpreted it to represent a snake, giving the river its present-day name.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Stanislaus: named after Estanislao
  • Susquehanna: Named after the Susquehannock Indians, whose name derives from an Algonquian word meaning "people at the falls", "roily water people",<ref>Bright (2004:466)</ref> or "muddy current".<ref>Kelton, Dwight H. (1888). Indian Names of Places Near the Great Lakes. Detroit, MI: Detroit Free Press Printing Company</ref>
  • Tennessee: Named for the Cherokee town of Tanasi, whose etymology is unknown.<ref>Bright (2004:488)</ref>
  • Wabash: English spelling of French Ouabache, from Miami-Illinois waapaahšiiki, "it shines white".<ref>Bright (2004:537)</ref>
  • Yukon: from an Athabaskan language (e.g., Koyukon yookkene, Lower Tanana yookuna).<ref>Bright (2004:583)</ref>

OceaniaEdit

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New ZealandEdit

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BibliographyEdit

  • Bright, William (2004). Native American Place Names of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press
  • Blažek, Václav, and Ondřej Šefčík. "Oronyms Derived from Water? Mons Abnobae and Haraitī". Historische Sprachforschung [Historical Linguistics] 124 (2011): 239–49. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41553574.
  • Hamp, Eric P. ""Water" in Italic and Keltic". In: Etudes Celtiques, vol. 12, fascicule 2, 1970. pp. 547–550. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3406/ecelt.1970.1436 ; www.persee.fr/doc/ecelt_0373-1928_1970_num_12_2_1436

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