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US Cities with Names Derived from Indigenous Languages - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 93 times
- The average score is 19 of 32
Answer Stats
| State | Origin | Hint | City | % Correct |
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| IL | Miami-Illinois: "Shikaakwa" (wild leek) | Biggest city in Illinois, home to the Bulls, Bears, Cubs, and Fire | Chicago | 95%
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| FL | Mayaimi: "mayaimi" (big river) | Home to the Dolphins, Heat, and Marlins | Miami | 95%
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| VA | Algonquin: "Chesepiooc" ("at a big river") | Shares its name with a bay between Maryland and Virginia and the largest estuary in the US | Chesapeake | 90%
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| MN | Dakota: "mníȟaȟa" (waterfall) (with Greek suffix for city) | The bigger of Minnesota's Twin Cities | Minneapolis | 90%
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| WI | Algonquin: "Millioke" ("the good/beautiful land;" "gathering place by the water") | The most populous city in Wisconsin, home to the Bucks | Milwaukee | 89%
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| FL | Muscogee: "talahá:ssi" (old tribal town) | The state capital, home to Florida State University | Tallahassee | 86%
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| WY | Dakota: "Šahíyena" (diminutive of "Cree") | Capital of Wyoming | Cheyenne | 85%
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| NE | (Language is same as city): "Umoⁿhoⁿ" ("upstream people") | Nebraska's most populous city, home of Berkshire Hathaway | Omaha | 80%
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| WA | Lushootseed "dᶻidᶻəlal̓ič" ("little crossing-over place") | Biggest city in the Pacific Northwest, home to the Seahawks, Mariners, and Sounders | Seattle | 79%
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| AZ | O'odham: "cuk ṣon" (black base) | Second-largest city in Arizona | Tucson | 78%
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| KS | Kansa: "dóppikʔe" ("a good place to dig wild potatoes") | State capital of Kansas | Topeka | 75%
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| NY | Iroquoian: "Onguiaahra" ("the strait") | Near famous transnational set of waterfalls shared with Canada | Niagara | 74%
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| MD | Algonquin: approx. "Patawomeke"("place where people trade") | Named after the nearby river that also passes through Washington, DC | Potomac | 71%
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| TN | Muskogee: from "cvto" (rock) | Civil War railroad city bordering the Cumberland Plateau; names a "Choo Choo" song from the 1940s | Chattanooga | 65%
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| NC | Algonquin: "rawrenoc" (a kind of shell used as money) | Its island was home of the "lost colony" that the English founded in the late 1500s | Roanoke | 64%
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| NY | Iroquoian: "se-rach-ta-gue" (debatably "floating scum upon the water") | It and its "Springs" neighbor were the site of a namesake Fort and Battle, the site of the turning point of the American Revolution | Saratoga | 64%
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| PA | Lenape: "Punkwsutenay" (town of little sandflies) | Its resident groundhog "Phil" predicts the advent of spring or continuation of winter | Punxsutawney | 59%
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| FL | Choctaw: "pashi oklah" (hair people) | Westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, base of the Blue Angels flight team | Pensacola | 56%
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| CA | Ventureño Chumash: "Humaliwo ("the surf sounds loudly") | Beach city in Los Angeles County; setting of "Two and a Half Men," "Hannah Montana;" namesake of a coconut liqueur | Malibu | 55%
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| AL | Koasati "tasquiqui" (warriors) | Home of a historic "Institute" and its famous "Airmen" | Tuskegee | 53%
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| NY | Mohawk: "tekontaró:ken" ("it is at the junction of two waterways") | Namesake of a famous Revolutionary War fort, now also a pencil brand | Ticonderoga | 48%
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| WA | Walawalałáma: same as language ("many waters") | Alliterative name with the state with a namesake river; close to the Oregon border | Walla Walla | 48%
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| UT | Paiute: "moapa" (mosquitoes) | Site of both Arches and Canyonlands National Parks | Moab | 46%
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| RI | Algonquin: (Name is same as city): ("at the falls in the river [tidal stream]") | Fourth-largest RI city; home to Slater Mill, a symbol of the Industrial Revolution; names the Family Guy brewery | Pawtucket | 41%
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| AL | Muscogee: "italua" (town), and "atigi" (at the end, on the border) | South of a town with a namesake "Superspeedway" which inspired a 2006 racing film | Talladega | 40%
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| MI | Ottawa: "Bwandiag" (the name of an Ottawan war chief | Former site of General Motors plants, namesake of a "Silverdome" and a GM companion brand | Pontiac | 39%
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| PA | Lenape: "nekwti ahtəne" (single mountain) | Same name as the Mountain that gives Penn State its mascot | Nittany | 35%
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| OR | Kalapuyan/Clackamas: "Wallamt" (still water) | Shares its name with a namesake River, National Forest, and Valley in the Pacific Northwest | Willamette | 35%
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| ME | Micmac: "qalipu" (snow shoveler) | Named after a horned animal | Caribou | 31%
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| NM | (Name and language are same as city): ("(place of) red willows") | Home to a namesake "Pueblo," the northernmost in the state, having been occupied for nearly 1000 years | Taos | 28%
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| NC | Algonquin: (there is less vegetation) | Shares its name with a Cape and Inlet in the Outer Banks, along with a famous Lighthouse | Hatteras | 21%
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| CA | Miwok/Pomo/Suisin(?): (valley of the moon" / "many moons" | Bay area wine city with namesake "International Film Festival" | Sonoma | 15%
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