Biggest U.S. Cities With Native American Names

Can you name the 20 biggest U.S. cities whose names are derived from American Indian words, tribes, and people?

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Population	Answer	Language	Derived from
2,721,308	Chicago	Algonquin	Place of the wild onion
780,995	Seattle	Salish	Name of a chief who befriended settlers
712,919	Oklahoma City	Choctaw	Red people
563,531	Milwaukee	Potawatomi	Council grounds
554,013	Tucson	O’odham	Black mountain
516,032	Kansas City	Algonquin	Name for the Quapa people
489,265	Omaha	-	Name of the tribe living in the area
487,014	Miami	-	Name for Lake Okeechobee and the people living there
415,154	Tulsa	Muscogee	Old town
414,547	Tampa	Calusa	Sticks of fire
400,991	Wichita	-	Name of the tribe living in the area
254,997	Chesapeake	Algonquin	Great water
235,388	Hialeah	Muskogee	Pretty prairie
230,609	Spokane	-	Name of the tribe living in the area
228,202	Tacoma	Salish	Name for Mount Rainier
209,289	Sioux Falls	-	Name of the tribe living in the area
205,089	Tallahassee	Creek	Old fields
201,367	Mobile	-	Name of the tribe living in the area
199,924	Peoria	-	Name of the tribe living in the area
191,496	Chattanooga	Creek	Rock dwelling

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Level 62

Jul 27, 2025

imagine living a place named for an onion