US & Canada -- Native American Placenames - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
misi-ziibi (Ojibwe, "great river")	Mississippi	95%
ohi:yoʼ (Seneca, "good river")	Ohio	94%
alaxsxaq (Aleut, "the mainland")	Alaska	93%
mishigami (Ojibwe, "great lake")	Michigan	92%
tkaronto (Mohawk, "where trees stand in water")	Toronto	89%
wiinibig (Ojibwe, "dirty waters")	Winnipeg	89%
manitowapow (Cree, “spirit strait”)	Manitoba	85%
tvlvhasse (Creek, "old town")	Tallahassee	84%
tanasi (Cherokee, "winding river)	Tennessee	75%
quinnitukqut (Mohegan-Pequot, "at the long tidal river")	Connecticut	61%
lānaʻi (Hawaiian, "day" + "conquest")	Lanai	56%
cuk ṣon (O'odham, "[at the base of the] black mountain")	Tucson	55%
saundustee (Wyandot, "water")	Sandusky	51%
sisa'we'hak'hanna (Lenape, "Oyster River")	Susquehanna	47%
peewaareewa (Miami, "comes carrying a pack on his back")	Peoria	35%
tk'əmlúps (Shuswap, “meeting of the rivers”)	Kamloops	34%
zaagiinaang (Ojibwe, "at the outlet")	Saginaw	30%
bemijigamaag (Ojibwe, "a lake with crossing waters")	Bemidji	26%
ųųg han (Gwich'in, “white water river”)	Yukon	26%
kinoje (Potawatami, "pickerel")	Kenosha	23%

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