Indian Local Names: With Their Interpretation (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Discover the stories behind place names with clear, compact etymologies.

This reference compiles hundreds of Indian local names and traces their meanings in a wide range of languages and cultures. It reveals how geography, history, and language blend to shape the map you use every day.

This edition offers accessible, bite‑size explanations of why places have their names, from rivers and hills to towns and seas. You’ll see how a single word can carry a cousin to ancient myths, old villages, and distant languages.

• See how familiar places—like Ohio, Ottawa, and Detroit—carry their roots in native and colonial languages.


• Explore the variety of linguistic sources, from Gaelic and Welsh to Mohawk and Creek.


• Understand the methods readers can use to trace a name’s history and meaning.


• Find concise, ready-to-use definitions that enrich travel, study, and everyday reading.

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