The region of

New England New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces ...

in the United States has numerous place names derived from the indigenous peoples of the area. New England is in the

Northeastern United States The Northeastern United States, also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, or the American Northeast, is a geographic region of the United States. It is located on the Atlantic coast of North America, with Canada to its north, the Southe ...

, and comprises six states:

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and nor ...

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New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...

, and

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...

. Listed are well-known names of towns, significant bodies of water, and mountains. This list can virtually never be sufficiently completed as there are hundreds of thousands of place names in New England.

Formation and transmission of names

All the names in this section come to us only through persons whose first language was

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ...

and only rarely knew any other. From the few sources who were bilingual, we are fortunate to have some concept of how some of the names were segmented in the languages from which they came. Those names often tend to predominate in lists such as these, just because they are more easily understood. Most names were received by English settlers who had little idea what they meant. Being naturally curious, they asked the natives what the names meant or conjectured among themselves or both. The natives were faced with having to explain the name in a language they knew but rudimentarily. They interpreted freely, often giving the use or features of interest about the place rather than trying to explain the elements of their language to the English. They never had a linguist's understanding of the structure of their language. Their descendants, speaking primarily English, no longer knew how to produce meaningful utterances in the language of their native forefathers. Consequently, the names can be divided into roughly two categories: those for which the original morphology is known to some degree and those for which it is not. The meanings of the latter category are traditional only, but the tradition may not necessarily descend from a native speaker. It may have been a settler's conjecture, passed on through the social mechanism of the sacred words of the forefathers or simply because no other interpretation was available. The mechanism can be seen most clearly in names for which both categories of meaning exist. You might read that a name is supposed to mean "the place of portage" or "the pines" when in fact those meanings are not even implied by the morphology of the name. It is entirely possible, however, that those places were used for those purposes. On the other hand, some settler may have guessed that they were used for those purposes. In cases where there is no morphology there is little point in argument over the "correct meaning" of the name, an activity enjoyed by New Englanders since settlement times, and which also you will undoubtedly see much of in Wikipedia. New England in the early 17th century when English colonists first landed was tenanted by variously named tribes for the most part speaking languages of the Algonquian family. Our aboriginals spoke an eastern branch of the group. It often happened that whole regions were named after the tribe inhabiting it, such as Massachusetts, nor does this appear to have been an English naming convention only. In this the aboriginals were non-different from the tribes of classical Europe, whose names still dot the map of Europe. Like the tribal names of Europe, the native names descended from an antiquity long lost. The natives themselves may not have known what they meant. For these names we have mainly tradition, but even that should be regarded as more speculative than not.

Places named after tribes

Place names on this list represent a number of tribes speaking aboriginal languages within the Algonquian family, for the most part, if in warped or anglicized form: *

Abnaki The Abenaki (Abenaki: ''Wαpánahki'') are an Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States. They are an Algonquian-speaking people and part of the Wabanaki Confederacy. The Eastern Abenaki language was predo ...

* Hammonassett *

Mahican The Mohican ( or , alternate spelling: Mahican) are an Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe that historically spoke an Algonquian language. As part of the Eastern Algonquian family of tribes, they are related to the neighboring Lenape, w ...

* Mattabesset *Mill *

Mi'kmaq The Mi'kmaq (also ''Mi'gmaq'', ''Lnu'', ''Miꞌkmaw'' or ''Miꞌgmaw''; ; ) are a First Nations people of the Northeastern Woodlands, indigenous to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec as well as the no ...

* Mohegan * Montauk * Natick * Narragansett * Niantic * Nipmuc *

Norridgewock Norridgewock was the name of both an Indigenous village and a band of the Abenaki ("People of the Dawn") Native Americans/ First Nations, an Eastern Algonquian tribe of the United States and Canada. The French of New France called the village ...

Passamaquoddy The Passamaquoddy ( Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: ''Peskotomuhkati'') are a Native American/First Nations people who live in northeastern North America. Their traditional homeland, Peskotomuhkatik'','' straddles the Canadian province of New Brunswick ...

* Paugussett *

Pennacook The Pennacook, also known by the names Penacook and Pennacock, were an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands who lived in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and southern Maine. They were not a united tribe but a n ...

Penobscot The Penobscot ( Abenaki: ''Pαnawάhpskewi'') are an Indigenous people in North America from the Northeastern Woodlands region. They are organized as a federally recognized tribe in Maine and as a First Nations band government in the Atlantic ...

* Pequot * Podunk * Poquonock * Quinnipiac * Tunxi *

Wampanoag The Wampanoag , also rendered Wôpanâak, are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands based in southeastern Massachusetts and historically parts of eastern Rhode Island,Salwen, "Indians of Southern New England and Long Island," p. ...

Connecticut

Common dialects of the Algonquian languages: Hammonasset,

, Montauk, Niantic, Paugussett, Pequot-Mohegan, Podunk, Poquonock, Quinnipiac, Tunxi, Wangunk *

, the state, and river: (in several dialects) "place of the long river" or "by the long tidal stream" **

Aspetuck River The Aspetuck River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The river rises in the hills located in Huntington State P ...

(and

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an o ...

): (Paugussett) "at the high place" ** Cockenoe Island: (Montauk) from the name of a 17th-century native interpreter **

Coginchaug River The Coginchaug River in Connecticut, with a watershed including 39 sq mi of forests, pastures, farmland, industrial, and commercial areas, is the main tributary of the Mattabesset River. It is 16.1 mi long, and the river flows northwards fr ...

: (Wangunk) "place where fish are dried/cured" ** Congamuck Ponds (on Maine border Congamond Lake): (Nipmuck) "long fishing place" ** Cos Cob: (Mohegan from ''Cassacubque'') "high rocks" ** Hammonassett Point: (Hammonassett) "place of sand bars" ** Hockanum River (and

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, t ...

): (Podunk) "hook" **

Housatonic River The Housatonic River ( ) is a river, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United S ...

: (Mahican) "beyond the mountain" **

Mashapaug Pond Mashapaug Pond is the largest freshwater pond in the city of Providence, Rhode Island. Over the past four hundred years, Mashapaug Pond has been a site of indigenous settlement and displacement, deforestation and agriculture, urban and indus ...

: (Nipmuck) "large pond" ** Massapeag: (Mohegan) "place at the large cove" ** Menunketesuck River (and

Menunketesuck Island Menunketesuck Island, also known as Menunketesuck Point, is an island in Long Island Sound located in the town of Westbrook in Middlesex County, Connecticut, US. Geography Menunketesuck Island consists of approximately 4.6 acres of land, though ...

): (Hammonasset) "strong flowing stream" ** Mianus River (and

): (Paugussett) a 17th-century chief's name – "Mianu/Mayanno's" ** Mohawk Mountain: eastern

Iroquois The Iroquois ( or ), officially the Haudenosaunee ( meaning "people of the longhouse"), are an Iroquoian Peoples, Iroquoian-speaking Confederation#Indigenous confederations in North America, confederacy of First Nations in Canada, First Natio ...

tribe; Algonquian term for their western enemies – "wolves," "hungry animals," or "cannibals" ** Mohegan: tribe; "hungry animal" or "wolf" ** Moodus River (also reservoir, and

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

): (Wangunk) from "mache moodus" or "bad noises" (the Moodus noises) **

Moosup Moosup is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Plainfield, Connecticut in the United States. The population was 3,231 at the 2010 census. History Moosup is named after the Native American sachem Maussup/Moosup of the N ...

: (Narragansett) a chief named "Mausup" **

Mystic River The Mystic River is a riverU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 in Massachusetts, in the United States. In Massachusett, means "large estuary," alluding to ...

(and

): (Pequot-Mohegan) "great tidal river" ** Naugatuck River (and

): (Quinnipiac) "single tree" **

Natchaug River The Natchaug River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 river in Windham and Tolland Counties in northeastern Connecticut. The name ''Natchaug'' comes from ...

: (Nipmuck) "between rivers" **

Nepaug Reservoir The Nepaug River begins at the confluence of North Nepaug Brook and Cedar Swamp Brook about east of Bakerville, Connecticut. It runs for to the Farmington River about south of Cherry Brook, Connecticut.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrog ...

: (Wangunk) "fresh pond" **

Niantic River The Niantic River is a mainly tidal river in eastern Connecticut. It is crossed by the Niantic River Bridge carrying Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. It separates the towns of East Lyme and Waterford. The river is long.U.S. Geological Survey. N ...

(and

): tribe; "point of land on tidal river" **

Norwalk River The Norwalk River is a river in southwestern Connecticut, United States, approximately long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 The word "Norwalk" comes from ...

(and

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

): (Algonquian) ''noyank'' or "point of land" or from the name Naramauke

** Oronoque, Connecticut, Oronoque: (Quinnipiac) "curved place" or "land at the bend" **

Pachaug River The Pachaug River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 river arising from the Pachaug State Forest at the Connecticut - Rhode Island border and draining int ...

(and

pond A pond is an area filled with water, either natural or artificial, that is smaller than a lake. Defining them to be less than in area, less than deep, and with less than 30% emergent vegetation helps in distinguishing their ecology from tha ...

): (Narragansett) "at the turning place" ** Pataguanset Lake: (Niantic) "at the round, shallow place" **

Pawcatuck River The Pawcatuck River is a river in the US states of Rhode Island and Connecticut flowing approximately .U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 There are eight d ...

(Rhode Island border): (Niantic/Pequot) "the clear divided (tidal) stream" ** Pequabuck: (Wangunk) "clear, open pond" ** Pistapaug Pond: (Quinnipiac) "muddy pond" ** Pocotopaug Lake: (Wangunk) "divided pond" or "two ponds" **

Poquetanuck Poquetanuck is a village in the New England town, town of Preston, Connecticut, located near the banks of a bay known as Poquetanuck Cove that opens to the Thames River (Connecticut), Thames River. The village includes the National Register of His ...

: (Mohegan) "land broken up" (like dried mud cracking) ** Poquonock Bridge and

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of ...

: (Algonquian – several) "cleared land" **

Quaddick Reservoir Quaddick Reservoir is a man-made body of water in the town of Thompson, Connecticut. The reservoir has three sections: Lower (124 acres), Middle (203 acres), and Upper (81 acres). It originated with the completion of a dam on the Five Mile Rive ...

: (Nipmuck) "bend in river" or (Narragansett) "boggy place" ** Lake Quassapaug: (Quinnipiac) "big pond" or "big rock" ** Quinebaug River (and

): (Nipmuck) "long pond" ** Quinnipiac River: (Quinnipiac) "where we change our route" ** Lake Quonnipaug: (Quinnipiac) "long pond" ** Sachem Head: (Algonquian/general) "chief" ** Saugatuck River: (Paugussett) "outlet of the tidal river" ** Scitico: (Nipmuck) "land at the river branch" ** Shenipsit Lake: (Mohegan) "at the great pool" ** Shepaug River: (Tunxis) "great pond" ** Shetucket River: (Mohegan) "land between rivers" **

Shunock River The Shunock River is a river belonging to Connecticut state in the United States of America. It is an eastward flowing river that joins the Pawcatuck River. According to a 1978 study, the lower Shunock River valley had a good potential for sustai ...

: (Mohegan) "stony place" or possibly "place between streams" ** Skungamug River: (Nipmuck) "eel-fishing place" ** Taconic: (Mahican) "steep ascent" **

Uncasville Uncasville is an area in the town of Montville, Connecticut, United States. It is a village in southeastern Montville, at the mouth of the Oxoboxo River where it flows into the Thames River. The name is now applied more generally to all of the ...

: (Mohegan) 17th-century chief's name (wonkus – "fox") ** Wangum Lake: (Paugussett) "bend/crooked" **

Wangumbaug Lake Wangumbaug Lake, also known as Coventry Lake, is a natural lake located in Coventry, Connecticut. It covers 378 acres (1.5 km2) and is about 35 feet (10.7 m) deep and 1.8 miles (2.9 km) long with a circumference of 5 miles (8 km). Its watershed ...

: (Nipmuck) "crooked pond" ** Wangumgaug Lake: "crooked pond" **

Lake Waramaug Lake Waramaug is a lake occupying parts of the towns of Kent, Connecticut, Kent, Warren, Connecticut, Warren and Washington, Connecticut, Washington in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, approximately north of Danbury, Connecticut, D ...

: (Mahican) "good fishing-place" **

Willimantic River The Willimantic River is a tributary of the Shetucket River, approximately 25 mi (40 km) long in northeastern Connecticut in the New England region of the United States. It is formed in northern Tolland County, near Stafford Springs ...

(and

): (Mohegan or Nipmuck) "good cedar swamp" ** Winnepauk: (Mahican) "beautiful pond" ** Wononpacook Pond: (Mahican) "land at the bend in the pond" ** Wononskopomuc Lake: (Mahican) "rocks at the bend in the lake" ** Wopowaug River: (Wangunk) "crossing-place" ** Wopowog: (Wangunk) "crossing-place" ** Wyassup Lake: (Mohegan) "flags" or "rushes" **

Yantic River The Yantic River forms at the confluence of the Deep River, Sherman Brook, and Exeter Brook about east of Colchester, Connecticut. It runs for and flows into the Shetucket River in Norwich, forming the Thames River.U.S. Geological Survey. Nation ...

(and

): (Mohegan) "as far as the tide goes up this side of the river" *Former names: ** Mameeg or Nameeg: (Pequot-Mohegan) "fishing place" New London ** Miamogue: (Paugussett) "where we come together to fish"

Bridgeport Bridgeport is the most populous city and a major port in the U.S. state of Connecticut. With a population of 148,654 in 2020, it is also the fifth-most populous in New England. Located in eastern Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonn ...

(harbor) ** Nawaas: general name for

Maine

Common languages: *Northern:

Maliseet The Wəlastəkwewiyik, or Maliseet (, also spelled Malecite), are an Algonquian-speaking First Nation of the Wabanaki Confederacy. They are the indigenous people of the Wolastoq ( Saint John River) valley and its tributaries. Their territory ...

*Southern: Abnaki,

Allagash River The Allagash River is a tributary of the Saint John River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 22, 2011 in northern Maine in the United States. It d ...

(and town): (Abnaki) "bark shelter" **

Androscoggin River The Androscoggin River (Abenaki: ''Aləssíkαntekʷ'') is a river in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire, in northern New England. It is U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Ma ...

: (Abnaki) "place where fish are dried/cured" **

Aroostook River The Aroostook River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 22, 2011 tributary of the Saint John River in the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Br ...

: (Mi'kmaq) "beautiful river" **

Aziscohos Lake The Magalloway River is a river in northwestern Maine and northern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Androscoggin River, which flows to the Kennebec River at Merrymeeting Bay in Maine, near the Atlantic Ocean. The total ...

: (Abnaki) "small pine trees" **

Caribou Reindeer (in North American English, known as caribou if wild and ''reindeer'' if domesticated) are deer in the genus ''Rangifer''. For the last few decades, reindeer were assigned to one species, ''Rangifer tarandus'', with about 10 subspe ...

: (Abnaki) ''kalibu'' "shoveler" (gets food by pawing or shoveling) **

Casco Bay Casco Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine on the southern coast of Maine, New England, United States. Its easternmost approach is Cape Small and its westernmost approach is Two Lights in Cape Elizabeth. The city of Portland sits along its ...

: (Mi'kmaq) muddy ** Chebeague Island: (Abnaki) "separated place" ** Chemquasabamticook Lake: (Abnaki) "where there is a large lake and roocks" **

Chesuncook Lake Chesuncook Lake is a reservoir in Piscataquis County, Maine, within the North Maine Woods. The lake was formed by the damming of the West Branch Penobscot River by dams built in 1835, 1903, and 1916 respectively. It is approximately long and 1 ...

: (Abnaki) "at the principal outlet" ** Chiputneticook Lakes: (Abnaki) "at the place of the big hill stream" ** Cobscook Bay: (Maliseet) "rocks under water" ** Cobbosseecontee Lake: (Abnaki) "many sturgeon" ** Damariscotta (and

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

and

): (Abnaki) "many alewives" ** Katahdin: (Abnaki) "the principal mountain" ** Kennebago Lake: (Abnaki) "long/large pond/lake" **

Kennebec River The Kennebec River (Abenaki: ''Kinəpékʷihtəkʷ'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed June 30, 2011 river within the U.S. state of Maine. It rises in Moosehead ...

: (Abnaki) "long quiet water" **

Kennebunk Kennebunk is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 11,536 at the 2020 census (The population does not include Kennebunkport, a separate town). Kennebunk is home to several beaches, the Rachel Carson National Wildlife ...

(and

): (Abnaki) "long sand bar" ** Madawaska River: (Mi'kmaq) "where one river joins another" ** Matagamon: (Abnaki) "far on the other side" **

Matinicus Island Matinicus Isle is an island plantation in Knox County, Maine, United States. The island is located within Penobscot Bay about 20 miles east of the mainland coast and is accessible by state ferry service from Rockland or by air taxi from Knox C ...

: (Abnaki) "far-out island" ** Mattamiscontis Lake: (Abnaki) "many ale-wives" ** Mattawamkeag River (and

): (Abnaki) "fishing beyond gravel bar" or (Mi'kmaq) "on a sand bar" ** Metinic Island: (Abnaki) "far-out island" **

Millinocket Millinocket is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,114 at the 2020 census. Millinocket's economy has historically been centered on forest products and recreation, but the paper company closed in 2008. History ...

(and

): (Abnaki) "this place is admirable" ** Molunkus Pond (and

stream A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams ...

): (Abnaki) "ravine" ** Monhegan Island: (Mi'kmaq or Maliseet) "out-to-sea island" **

Mooselookmeguntic Lake Mooselookmeguntic Lake is located in Franklin County and Oxford County, Maine, in the United States. It is part of the Androscoggin River watershed. It is located in the western part of Maine, near the border with the state of New Hampshire and ...

: (Abnaki) "moose feeding place" (portage to or big trees at) ** Muscongus Bay: (Abnaki) "many/large rock ledges" ** Musquash Lake: (Abnaki) "muskrat" ** Musquacook River (and

): (Abnaki) "muskrat place" ** Nahmakanta Lake: (Abnaki) "many fish" ** Nollesemic (and

): (Abnaki) "resting place at the falls" ** Ogunquit: (Mi'kmaq) "lagoons within dunes" ** Orono: (Abnaki) purportedly from a Chief Joseph Orono, no translation **

Ossipee River The Ossipee River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 30, 2011 river in eastern New Hampshire and western Maine in the United States. It is a tributary of the Saco ...

: (Abnaki) "beyond the water" ** Oquossoc: (Abnaki) "place of trout" (a certain trout-type) ** Passadumkeag: (Abnaki) "rapids over gravel beds" ** Passamaquoddy Bay: tribal name; "place of abundance of pollack" ** Pemadumcook Lake: (Maliseet) "extended sand bar place" ** Pemaquid: (Mi'kmaq) "extended land" (peninsula) **

Penobscot River The Penobscot River (Abenaki: ''Pαnawάhpskewtəkʷ'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 22, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Maine. Including the river's ...

: (Abnaki?) tribal name; "place of descending rocks/ledges" ** Piscataqua River (New Hampshire border): (Pennacook) "the place where the river divides" **

Piscataquis River The Piscataquis River is a major tributary of the Penobscot River, found in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. It starts from the confluence of its East Branch and West Branch () in Blanchard. The river flows in a mostly eastern directi ...

: (Abnaki) "at the river branch" ** Quoddy Head: (Passamaquoddy) abbreviation to "pollack" ** Saco (and

): (Abnaki) "flowing out" or "outlet" ** Sebago Lake (and

): (Abnaki) "big lake" ** Sebasticook Lake: (Penobscot-Abnaki) "almost-through place" ** Seboomook Lake (and

): (Abnaki) "at the large stream" **

Skowhegan Skowhegan () is the county seat of Somerset County, Maine. As of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, the town population was 8,620. Every August, Skowhegan hosts the annual Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest continuously-held state fair i ...

(

): (Abnaki) "watching place or fish ** Squa Pan Lake (and

): (Abnaki) "bear's den" ** Umcolcus Lake: (Abnaki) "whistling duck" ** Usuntabunt Lake: (Abnaki) "wet head" or possibly "three heads" ** Wassutaquook River: sp. **

Webhannet River The Webhannet River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 30, 2011 river whose watershed is contained entirely within the town of Wells, Maine. The river has five ...

: (Abnaki) "at the clear stream" *Former names: ** Ahbaysauk: (Abnaki) "place where clams are baked/dried" Bar Harbor ** Amitgon pontook: (Abnaki) "place at the falls where fish are dried/cured" Lewiston Falls ** Machegony: (mi'kmaq) "shaped like a large knee" Portland

Massachusetts

Common languages: *Eastern:

Massachusett The Massachusett were a Native American tribe from the region in and around present-day Greater Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name comes from the Massachusett language term for "At the Great Hill," referring to the Blue Hil ...

, Nipmuc,

(southeast) *Western: Natick, Nipmuck, Narragansett (southwest),

Pocumtuck The Pocumtuc (also Pocomtuck or Deerfield Indians) were a Native American tribe historically inhabiting western areas of Massachusetts. Settlements Their territory was concentrated around the confluence of the Deerfield and Connecticut River ...

(the state): (Natick) "by the great hills" (the hills of Milton, Blue Hill, south of Boston) ** Achastapac: (Pocumtuck) "Land of rivers and mountains" ** Acoaxet: (Narragansett) "at the fishing promontory" or "place of small pines" ** Acushnet River (and

): (Naragansett) "at the cove" ** Agawam: (Nipmuck or Pennacook) "low land" (with water) or "place to unload canoes" (possible portage spot) ** Annisquam (and

) ** Assabet River: (Nipmuck) "at the boggy place" **

Assawompset Pond Assawompset Pond is a reservoir/pond within the towns of Lakeville and Middleboro, in southeastern Massachusetts. It shares its waters with Long Pond and is openly connected with Pocksha Pond.USGS Quadrangle Map These lakes provide a source o ...

: Narragansett "trading place"; (Wampanoag) "place of large upright rock" ** Assinippi: (Wampanoag) "rocks in water" **

Assonet River The Assonet River is located in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It flows U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 in a westerly direction through Freetown and joins ...

(also Cedar Swamp and

): (Narragansett) "at the rock" – the rock in question being Dighton Rock ** Cataumet: (Wampanoag) "at the ocean" or "landing place" **

Lake Chaubunagungamaug Lake Chaubunagungamaug, also known as Webster Lake, is a lake in the town of Webster, Massachusetts. It is located near the Connecticut border and has a surface area of 1,442 acres. Since 1921, the lake has also been known by a much longer name ...

: (Nipmuck-Mohegan) "boundary fishing place" ** Chappaquiddick Island: (Wampanoag) "separated island" ** Chicopee (also falls, and

): (Nipmuck) "violent water" ** Cochituate: (Natick) "place of swift water" ** Cohasset: (Natick) "long rocky place" ** Congamond Lake (on Connecticut border – Congamuck Ponds): (Nipmuck) "long fishing place" **

Cotuit Cotuit ( ) is one of the villages of the Town of Barnstable on Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. Located on a peninsula on the south side of Barnstable about midway between Falmouth and Hyannis, Cotuit is bounded by t ...

: (Wampanoag) "long planting field" ** Cummaquid: (Wampanoag) "harbor" **

Cuttyhunk Cuttyhunk Island is the outermost of the Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. A small outpost for the harvesting of sassafras was occupied for a few weeks in 1602, arguably making it the first English settlement in New England. Cuttyhunk is ...

: (Wampanoag) "thing that lies out in the sea" ** Gansett Harbor ** Mount Greylock: named for a Missisquoi chief ** Hockanum: (Podunk) "hook" ** Hockomock Swamp: (Natick-Abnaki) "evil spirit" or "hellish place"; (Narragansett) "hook-shaped place" ** Hoosac Tunnel: (Mahican) "rock place" ** Humarock: (Wampanoag) "shell place" or "rock carving" ** Hyannis: (Wampanoag) name of a 17th-century chief, "Iyanogh's" ** Jamaica Plain (and

): (Natick) "beaver" **

Manhan River The Manhan River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 river in western Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Connecticut River. The river begins near the ...

: (Nipmuck) "island" ** Manomet (and point): (Wampanoag) "portage place" ** Mashpee: (Wampamoag) "place near great cove" ** Mattapan: (Natick) "resting place" or "end of portage" **

Mattapoisett Mattapoisett is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,508 at the 2020 census. For geographic and demographic information on the village of Mattapoisett Center, please see the article Mattapoisett Center, ...

: (Wampanoag) "resting place" or "edge of cove" ** Megansett Harbor ** Merrimac: (Pennacook) "deep place" **

Merrimack River The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an occasional earlier spelling) is a river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into Mas ...

: (Abnaki) "at the deep place" ** Mishaum Point: (Narragansett) "great neck" or "canoe-landing place" ** Lake Monomonac (NH border): (Abnaki) "at the very deep place" **

Monatiquot River The Monatiquot River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 river in Braintree, Massachusetts, formed by the confluence of the Farm River and Cochato River ...

(Massachusett) "a lookout-out place" ** Monomoy Island (and point): (Wampanoag) "look-out place" or "deep water" **

Muskeget Island Muskeget Island is a low sandy island to the west of Tuckernuck Island and Nantucket, in the town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Geography Muskeget Island is part of the terminal moraine marking the maximum extent of the last ...

(and channel): (Wampanoag) "grassy place" **

: (Natick) "great tidal stream" ** Nabnasset: (Nipmuck) ** Nagog Pond:

Concord Concord may refer to: Meaning "agreement" * Pact or treaty, frequently between nations (indicating a condition of harmony) * Harmony, in music * Agreement (linguistics), a change in the form of a word depending on grammatical features of other ...

water supply located in Acton ** Nahant: (Natick) "the point" or "almost an island" ** Nantasket Beach: (Natick/Wampanoag) "at the strait" or "low-tide place" ** Nantucket Island: (Wampanoag) "in the midst of waters"; (Naragansett) far off, among the waves **

Nashawena Island Nashawena Island is the second largest of the Elizabeth Islands of Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. It lies between Cuttyhunk Island to the west and Pasque Island to the east. The island has a land area of and an official permane ...

: (Wampanoag) "between" ** Nashoba Brook ** Natick: tribe; "the place I seek" or "home," "place," "clearing" ** Naushon Island: (Wampanoag) "middle" (no clear translation) **

Nemasket River The Nemasket or Namasket River is a small river in southeastern Massachusetts. It flows north U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 from Assawompset Pond in Lakev ...

: (Wampanoag) "place where the fish are" **

Neponset River The Neponset River is a river in eastern Massachusetts in the United States. Its headwaters are at the Neponset Reservoir in Foxborough, near Gillette Stadium. From there, the Neponset meanders generally northeast for about to its mouth at ...

: (Natick) possibly "a good fall" (easy for canoe travel) **

Nonamesset Island Nonamesset Island is the most easterly of the Elizabeth Islands of Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The island has a land area of 1.398 km² (0.54 sq mi or 345.5 acres) and was uninhabited as of the 2000 census. The island is p ...

: (Wampanoag) ** Nissitissit: (Nipmuc) "two brooks" or "between two brooks" ** Nonquitt: (Narragansett) "dry or landing place" **

Onota Lake Onota Lake is located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It is in area, located entirely in the City of Pittsfield and is owned by it. It is divided into north and south basins due to the old roadway that marked to north end with minimal water exch ...

: (Mahican) "blue/deep" **

Pasque Island Pasque Island is one of the Elizabeth Islands of Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. It lies between Nashawena Island to the west and Naushon Island to the east. The island has a land area of 3.45 km² (1.333 sq mi or 853 acres ...

Penikese Island Penikese Island is a island off the coast of Massachusetts, United States, in Buzzards Bay. It is one of the Elizabeth Islands, which make up the town of Gosnold, Massachusetts. Penikese is located near the west end of the Elizabeth island c ...

** Pocasset: (Natick) "where the stream widens" ** Pontoosuc: (Mahican or Nipmuck) "falls on the brook" **

Punkatasset Hill Punkatasset Hill is a hill in Concord, Massachusetts, in the United States. At , it is one of the highest points in the town. The hill was formerly called ''Broad-topped Hill'' by the native Indians and was cultivated and farmed from the 17th c ...

(Algonquian) ** Quabbin Reservoir: (Nipmuck) "crooked streams" **

Quaboag River The Quaboag River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 river in Massachusetts that heads at Quaboag Pond in Brookfield at an elevation of above sea level ...

: (Nipmuck) "before the pond" or abbreviation of "red pond" (m'squ'boag) ** Quinebaug River: (Nipmuck) "long pond" ** Lake Quinsigamond: (Nipmuck) "pickerel-fishing place ** Quissett: (Nipmuck) "at the place of small pines" ** Sagamore: (Wampanoag) "chief" ** Santuit: (Wampanoag) "cool water place" ** Saugus: (Natick) "outlet" ** Scituate: (Wampanoag) "at the cold spring or brook" ** Seekonk: (Narragansett) "wild black goose" or (Wampanoag) "mouth of stream" or "wild goose" ** Segreganset River: (Narragansett) "place of hard rocks" **

Shawmut Peninsula Shawmut Peninsula is the promontory of land on which Boston, Massachusetts was built. The peninsula, originally a mere in area,Miller, Bradford A., "Digging up Boston: The Big Dig Builds on Centuries of Geological Engineering", GeoTimes, Oct ...

: (Algonquian) "ferry" or "place to draw up canoes" ** Siasconset: (Narragansett) "at the place of many/great bones" (whales?) ** Sippewissett ** Snipatuit Pond: (Wampanoag) "at the rocky river" ** Squannacook River: (Nipmuc) "place for taking salmon" ** Squibnocket Point (and

): (Wampanoag) "at the place of dark rocks" (or clay cliff) ** Swampscott: (Natick) "place of red rocks" ** Succanessett ** Taconic Mountains: (Natick) "steep ascent" **

Tantiusques Tantiusques ("Tant-E-oos-kwiss") is a open space reservation and historic site registered with the National Register of Historic Places. The reservation is located in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and is owned and managed by The Trustees of Reser ...

: (Nipmuck) "black stuff between the hills" ** Tuckernuck Island: (Wampanoag) "round loaf of bread" ** Uncatena Island **

Mount Wachusett Mount Wachusett is a mountain in Massachusetts. It straddles towns of Princeton and Westminster, in Worcester County. It is the highest point in Massachusetts east of the Connecticut River. The mountain is named after a Native American term me ...

(and

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contr ...

): (Natick) "near the mountain" ** Waquoit: (Wampanoag) "at the end" ** Mount Watatic: (Nipmuck) ** Watuppa Ponds: (Wampanoag) "roots" **

Weepecket Islands The Weepecket Islands are a group of three islands which are part of the Elizabeth Islands of Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. They are located off the north shore of Naushon Island, the largest of the Elizabeth Islands. Together the ...

Weweantic River The Weweantic River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 river in southeastern Massachusetts. Its name means "crooked" or "wandering stream" in the Wampanoag ...

: (Wampanoag) "crooked" or "wandering stream" ** Wianno **

Minnechaug Regional High School Minnechaug Regional High School (MRHS) is a public high school located in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, United States, and has a student population of approximately 1,200. It is the only high school in the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District ...

: (Algonquian) "Land of Berries" ** Woronoco: (Nipmuck) "winding about" *Former names: ** Capawack or Capoag: (Wampanoag) "enclosed harbor"

Martha's Vineyard Martha's Vineyard, often simply called the Vineyard, is an island in the Northeastern United States, located south of Cape Cod in Dukes County, Massachusetts, known for being a popular, affluent summer colony. Martha's Vineyard includes the ...

** Cohannet: (Wampanoag or Narragansett) "at the long or pine place"

Taunton Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the ...

** Poughkeeste: (Wampanoag) "bay with coves"

Buzzards Bay Buzzards Bay is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is approximately 28 miles (45 kilometers) long by 8 miles (12 kilometers) wide. It is a popular destination for fishing, boating, and tourism. Sinc ...

New Hampshire

Common Languages:

, Nipmuc,

Ammonoosuc River The Ammonoosuc River is a river in northwestern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound. ''Ammonoosuc'' is Abnaki for "small, narrow fishing place". The Ammonoosuc rises ...

( Upper and Lower): (Abnaki) "small, narrow fishing place" ** Amoskeag: (Pennacook) "fishing place"

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...

Ashuelot River The Ashuelot River is a tributary of the Connecticut River, approximately long, in southwestern New Hampshire in the United States. It drains a mountainous area of , including much of the area known as the Monadnock Region. It is the longest ...

(and

): (Pennacook or Natick) "place between" **

Canobie Lake Canobie Lake is a body of water located in Rockingham County in southern New Hampshire, United States, in the towns of Salem and Windham. It is approximately long, and on average wide, though two arms of the lake combine to produce a width of ...

: (Abnaki) "abundant water" ** Contoocook (and

and

): (Pennacook) "place of the river near pines" or (Abnaki) "nut trees river" or (Natick) "small plantation at the river" ** Coös: (Pennacook) "pine tree" ** Hooksett: (Pennacook) possible abbreviation of ''Annahooksett'' "place of beautiful trees" ** Mascoma River (and

): (Abnaki) "much grass" or "salmon fishing" or "red rocks" **

Massabesic Lake Lake Massabesic or Massabesic Lake is a lake in southern New Hampshire, United States, covering about (equivalent to about ) within the city of Manchester and the town of Auburn. Because it provides drinking water for Manchester, swimming and wat ...

: (Abnaki) "near the great brook" **

(and

) **

Mount Monadnock Mount Monadnock, or Grand Monadnock, is a mountain in the towns of Jaffrey and Dublin, New Hampshire. It is the most prominent mountain peak in southern New Hampshire and is the highest point in Cheshire County. It lies southwest of Concord a ...

: (Natick) "at the most prominent island" (-like mountain) ** Mount Moosilauke: (Abnaki) "good moose place" or "at the smooth place" ** Nashua River (and

): (Pennacook/Nipmuck) "between streams" **

(and

and

): (Abnaki) "beyond the water" **

Paugus Bay Paugus Bay is a water body located in Belknap County in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, United States, in the city of Laconia. A short channel at its north end connects it with Lake Winnipesaukee in the village of Weirs Beach, and ...

: (Abnaki) "small pond" **

Pawtuckaway Lake __NOTOC__ Pawtuckaway Lake (official name Pawtuckaway Pond) is a reservoir in Rockingham County in southeastern New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Nottingham. The lake is located in the Piscataqua River drainage basin. The lake present ...

(and mountains): (Abnaki) "falls in the river" or "clear, shallow river" ** Pemigewasset River: (Abnaki) "extensive rapids" **

(

): tribal name; "at the foothills" ** Piscataqua River (Maine border): (Pennacook) "place where the river divides" ** Piscataquog River: (Abnaki) "place where the river divides" **

Souhegan River The Souhegan River is a tributary of the Merrimack River in the northeastern United States. It is long, with a drainage area of , and flows north and east through southern New Hampshire to the Merrimack River. The river begins in New Ipswich, Ne ...

: (Pennacook or Nipmuck) "watching place" ** Squam Lake (and

): (Abnaki) "salmon" ** Lake Sunapee (and

): (Pennacook) "rocks in the water", "rocky pond" **

Suncook River The Suncook River is a river located in central New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, which flows to the Gulf of Maine. Course The Suncook River begins at the outlet of Crystal Lake in the town of Gilman ...

(also

lakes A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

and

): (Pennacook) "rocky place" ** Umbagog Lake: (Abnaki) "clear lake" **

Lake Winnipesaukee Lake Winnipesaukee () is the largest lake in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, located in the Lakes Region at the foothills of the White Mountains. It is approximately long (northwest-southeast) and from wide (northeast-southwest), covering ...

(and

): (Pennacook) "land around the lakes" or "good land around lake at mountains" ** Lake Winnisquam: (Abnaki) "salmon-fishing place" *Former names: ** Kodaak wadso: (Abnaki) "summit of the highest mountain"

Mount Washington Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at and the most topographically prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River. The mountain is notorious for its erratic weather. On the afternoon of April 12, 1934 ...

Rhode Island

Common languages: *Northern: Natick, Nipmuc *Southern: Narragansett ** Apponaug: (Narragansett) "where oysters/shellfish are roasted" or "waiting place" **

Aquidneck Island Aquidneck Island, also known as Rhode Island, is an island in Narragansett Bay in the state of Rhode Island. The total land area is , which makes it the largest island in the bay. The 2020 United States Census reported its population as 60,109. ...

: (Narragansett) "at the island" ** Canonchet: a 17th-century Narragansett chief ** Chepachet: (Narragansett) "boundary/separation place" ** Conanicut Island: (Narragansett) named for a 17th-century chief Canonicus ** Conimicut: (Narragansett) thought to be named for granddaughter of Canonicus (see above) ** Mount Hope: (from Narragansett ''Montop'' or ''Montaup'') "look-out place" or "well-fortified island" **

Narragansett Bay Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound covering , of which is in Rhode Island. The bay forms New England's largest estuary, which functions as an expansive natural harbor and includes a small archipelago. Sm ...

(and

): tribe: "at the narrow point" ** Natick: tribe; "the place I seek" or "home" **

Pascoag Pascoag is a census-designated place (CDP) and village in Providence County, Rhode Island. The population was 4,577 at the 2010 census. Pascoag is one of eight villages that make up the town of Burrillville. Geography Pascoag is located at (41. ...

(and

): (Nipmuck) "the dividing place" (of river) ** Pawtucket: (Narragansett) "at the falls in the river (tidal stream)" ** Pettaquamscutt Rock (and

): Narragansett) "at the round rock" **

Pontiac Pontiac may refer to: *Pontiac (automobile), a car brand *Pontiac (Ottawa leader) ( – 1769), a Native American war chief Places and jurisdictions Canada *Pontiac, Quebec, a municipality ** Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac, now the Roman Catholic D ...

: famous mid-18th century Ottawa chief ** Quonochontaug: (Narragansett) "home of the blackfish" **

Sakonnet River The Sakonnet River is a tidal strait in the state of Rhode Island which flows approximately 14 miles between Mount Hope Bay and Rhode Island Sound. It separates Aquidneck Island from the eastern portion of Newport County. Crossings Below is ...

(and point): (Narragansett) "home of the black goose" ** Scituate Reservoir: (Wampanoag) "at the cold spring/brook" **

Shawomet Warwick ( or ) is a city in Kent County, Rhode Island, the third largest city in the state with a population of 82,823 at the 2020 census. It is located approximately south of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, southwest of Boston, Massachu ...

: (Narragansett) "at the peninsula/neck" (canoe-landing place) ** Usquepaugh: (Narragansett) "at the end of the pond" ** Weekapaug: (Narragansett) "at the end of the pond" ** Woonsocket: (Nipmuck) "place of steep descent" **

Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to t ...

: (Delaware) "large prairie" *Former names: ** Aquidnic: (Narragansett) "the island"

** Niwosaket: (Narragansett) "place of two brooks" Woonsocket ** Manisses: (Narragansett) "little god"; (Niantic) "little island"

Block Island Block Island is an island in the U.S. state of Rhode Island located in Block Island Sound approximately south of the mainland and east of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, named after Dutch explorer Adriaen Block. It is part of Washingto ...

** Mattoonuc Neck: (Niantic) "place at look-out hill"

Point Judith Point Judith is a village and a small cape, on the coast of Narragansett, Rhode Island, on the western side of Narragansett Bay where it opens out onto Rhode Island Sound. It is the location for the year-round ferry service that connects Block Is ...

** Maushapogue: (Narragansett) "land at the great cove" Cranston

Vermont

Common languages:

** Mount Ascutney (and

): (Abnaki) "at the end of the river fork" ** Lake Bomoseen (and

): (Abnaki) "keeper of ceremonial fire" ** Hoosac Mountains: (Mahican) "stone place" ** Hoosic River **

Lake Iroquois Lake Iroquois can refer to: * Lake Iroquois (South Dakota) * Lake Iroquois (Vermont) in Vermont in the United States * Lake Iroquois, Illinois in Iroquois County in Illinois in the United States *Glacial Lake Iroquois Glacial Lake Iroquois was a ...

: (Abnaki-French) "real adders" (describing western enemies of Abnaki) **

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispa ...

: (Natick) "beaver" ** Maquam Bay ** Lake Memphremagog: (Abnaki) "where there is great expanse of water" ** Mettawee River ** Missisquoi River: tribal name ** Monadnock Mountain: (Abnaki) "at the mountain which sticks up like an island" (see New Hampshire) ** Moosalamoo Mountain: (Abnaki) "moose trail" ** Netop Mountain: (Natick) "my friend" ** Nickwaket Mountain: (Abnaki) "at the fork" or "home of squirrels" **

Nulhegan River The Nulhegan River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data accessed April 7, 2016 tributary of the Connecticut River in Essex County, Vermont. Course The main stem of the river rises at the outle ...

: (Abnaki) "log trap" or "deadfall" **

Ompompanoosuc River The Ompompanoosuc River is a river, about 25 mi (40 km) long, in eastern Vermont in the United States. It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound. According to the Geographic Names Information System, th ...

: (Abnaki) "mushy/quaky land" ** Ottauquechee River: (uncertain – Natick?) "swift mountain stream" **

Passumpsic River The Passumpsic River () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Connecticut River, in Vermont. Though primarily a Caledonia County river, it ...

(and

): (Abnaki) "flowing over clear, sandy bottom" **

Pico Peak Pico Peak is a mountain in the Green Mountains in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. Pico Peak is flanked to the south by Ramshead Peak. To the north, it faces Deer Leap Mountain across Sherburne Pass. Seen from the pass, the summit of ...

: (possibly Abnaki) "the pass/opening" ** Pompanoosuc: abbreviation of Ompompanoosuc ** Popasquash Island ** Quechee: abbreviation of Ottauquechee ** Queneska Island: (Abnaki) "elbow" or "long joint" **

Walloomsac River The Walloomsac River () from the Native American name, Wal-loom-sac is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 3, 2011 tributary of the Hoosic River in the northeastern ...

Winooski River The Winooski River (formerly the Onion River) is a tributary of Lake Champlain, approximately long, in the northern half of Vermont. Although not Vermont's longest river, it is one of the state's most significant, forming a major valley way from ...

(and

): (Abnaki) "wild onions" *Former names: ** Mozodepo wadso: (Abnaki) "moose-head mountain" Mount Mansfield ** Tawakbodee-esso wadso: (Abnaki) "resting place/sit-down mountain" Camel's Hump

References

*Bright, William (2004). ''Native American Place Names of the United States''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. *''Hartford Courant'' (editors?) (1999)
"Ask the Courant: Where are the beginnings of four shoreline rivers, the Hammonasset, Menunketesuck, Patchogue and Indian rivers, and how did they come by their names?"
*Huden, John C. (1962). ''Indian Place Names of New England'', Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation *O'Brien, Frank Waabu (2010). ''Understanding Indian Place Names in Southern New England''. Colorado: Bauu Press. *Trumbull, James H. (1881). ''Indian Names of Places, etc., in and on the Borders of Connecticut: With Interpretations of Some of Them.'' Hartford, Conn: Lockwood & Brainerd (reprinted 1974).

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