Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Toponymy of New Netherland, List of U.S. place names of French origin, List of Texas county seat name etymologies, Toponymy of Bergen, New Netherland, List of U.S. state name etymologies, List of place names in New England of aboriginal origin, Etymologies of place names in Hudson County, New Jersey, Scottish place names in the United States, List of U.S. place names of Spanish origin, Etymologies of place names in Chicago, Illinois, List of eponymous streets in New York City, Etymologies of place names in San Francisco, Etymologies of place names in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Etymologies of place names in Los Angeles, California, List of place names in New York of aboriginal origin, Lists of North American place name etymologies, Vlaie, List of U.S. place names connected to Sweden. Excerpt: Nieuw-Nederland, or New Netherland, was the seventeenth century colonial province of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands on northeastern coast of North America. The claimed territory were the lands from the Delmarva Peninsula to southern Cape Cod. Settled areas are now part of the Mid-Atlantic states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and southwestern Connecticut. There were small outposts in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Its capital, New Amsterdam, was located at the southern tip of the island of Manhattan on the Upper New York Bay. The most developed part of the province roughly corresponds to today's Greater New York Metro Area. Placenames in most cases had their roots in Dutch and the Algonquian languages, and occasionally the Iroquoian Mohawk. At the time of European settlement it was the territory of the various Native American groups. In many cases the names of the Natives Americans used today were taken from the word for the place they made their villages, or their sagamore. Both the Americans and the New...

In dictionary format, the origins of 12,000 American place-names are given with information on their location.

This volume combines historical research and linguistic fieldwork with native speakers from across the United States to present the first comprehensive, up-to-date, scholarly dictionary of American placenames derived from native languages." "Linguist William Bright assembled a team of twelve editorial consultants - experts in Native American languages - and many other native contributors to prepare this lexicon of eleven thousand placenames along with their etymologies. New data from leading scholars make this volume an invaluable reference for students of American Indian culture, folklore, and local histories. Bright's introduction explains his methodology and the contents of each entry. This comprehensive, alphabetical lexicon preserves native language as it details the history and culture found in American indian placenames.