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NAMES,

AMERICAN

WITH

GEOGRAPHICAL

THEIR DERIVATION

AND SIGNIFICATION.

ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.

Anne; named in honor of Queen Anne, who bestowed several valuable presents on the town. APPALACHICOLA, ap-pa-latsh'ekoʻla (Ind.), town of the Appalachites.

ACCOMAC, ak'ko-mak (Ind.), land | ANNAPOLIS, an-nap'o-lis, city of on the other side, or beyond the water. ADIRONDACK, ad-e-ron'dak (Ind.), the Iroquois name of the Algonquins, signifying "he eats bark." AGAMENTICUS, ag-a-men'te-kus, (Ind.), on the other side of the river.

AGAWAM, ag-a-wam' (Ind.), low-
land, march, or meadow; also, a
place below, or down-stream,-
with reference to some place
above, or up-stream.
AGIOCHOOK, ag-e-o-tshook' (Ind.),
place of the spirit of the pines.
ALBANY, awl'ba-ne, N. Y., named
in honor of the Duke of York and
Albany, afterward James II., at
the time it came into possession
of the English, in 1664.
ALLEGHANY, al'le-gă-ne
river of the Alligewi.
ALTAMAHA, al-tah-mah'haw (Ind.),
the place of the village; where the
village is.

(Ind.),

AMERICA, a-mer'e-kah, named after
Amerigo Vespucci, who, in 1497,
landed upon the continent south of
the equator.
AMMOÑOOSUC,

am-mo-noo'suk

(Ind.), fish-story river. ANDROSCOGGIN, an-dros-kog'gin, a name changed, in compliment to Gov. Andros, from amaskohegan, "fish-spearing."

ARIZONA, ar-e-zo'nab, sand hills.
ARKANSAS, ar-kan'sas, formerly
and erroneously pronouncedar'kan-
saw, from Kansas, with the French
prefix, of arc, a bow.

AROOSTOOK, a-roos'took (Ind.),
good river.
ASCUTNEY, as-kut'ne (Ind.), fire-
mountain, from having been burned