List of Arkansas placenames of Native American origin

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The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Arkansas whose names are derived from Native American languages.

Listings

Counties

• Arkansas County, Arkansas – from the Illinois rendering of the tribal autonym kką:ze, which the Miami and Illinois used to refer to the Quapaw. ^[1]
  • Arkansas River
• Mississippi County, Arkansas
  • Mississippi River
• Ouachita County, Arkansas – named after the Ouachita people.
  • Village of Ouachita
  • Lake Ouachita
  • Ouachita River
  • Ouachita Mountains
  • Ouachita National Forest

Settlements

• Alabam
  • Old Alabam
• Arkadelphia
• Bayou Township (Ashley County)
  • Bayou Township (Baxter County)
• Bayou Meto (Arkansas County)
  • Bayou Meto (Lonoke County)
• Caddo Gap
• Caddo Valley
  • Caddo River
• Cherokee Village – named after the Cherokee people.
• Chickalah
• Choctaw
• Cozahome
• Hatchie Coon
• Havana
• Illinois Township (Pope County)
  • Illinois Township (Washington County)
• Kentucky
• Little Arkansaw
• Modoc
• Newnata
• Northern Ohio
• Omaha
• Oneida
• Osage
  • Osage Mills
• Osceola
• Pocahontas
• Saginaw
• Saratoga
• Solgohachia – from the Choctaw word sok-ko-huch-cha, meaning "muscadine river".
• Tennessee
• Texarkana
• Tokalon
• Tomahawk
• Tomato
• Wabash
• Wabbaseka
• Wappanocca
• Winona

Bodies of Water

• Camp Kia Kima Lake
• Meneshea Lake
• Nacoosa Paper Retention Pond
• Patocca Lower Lake and Patocca Upper Lake

See also

• List of place names in the United States of Native American origin

References

Citations

1. Bright (2004), p. 47.

Sources

• Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN   0-8061-3576-X. OCLC   53019644.