Does this mean they have to change the names of cities like Seattle and Issaquah?
So much for the Spokane Chiefs and Spokane Indians hockey and basketball teams.
You beat me to it. Exactly who was Seattle named after again?
Does this mean they have to change the names of cities like Seattle and Issaquah?
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basically any city or town that isn’t named “New Something-or-Other” is probably derived from an Indian name.
i was thinking the same. are city/town/street names included?
Washington
Seattle – named after Chief Seattle, whose Lushootseed name was Siʔáł.[207]
Tacoma – from Lushootseed [təqʷúbəʔ] (earlier *təqʷúməʔ), “snow-covered mountain”.[61]
Yakima
Puyallup
Kitsap Peninsula, Kitsap County – named after Chief Kitsap
Alki Beach
Snohomish – Lushootseed [sduhúbʃ], the name of a Salishan group (earlier *snuhúmʃ).[208]
Chelan, Chelan County, Lake Chelan - a Salish language word, “Tsi - Laan,” meaning ‘Deep Water’.
Chiwawa River
Chinook, Chinook Pass
Cle Elum, Cle Elum River
Copalis Beach, Copalis Crossing
Cowlitz County, Cowlitz River
Dosewallips River
Duckabush River
Duwamish River
Entiat, Entiat River
Hamma Hamma River
Hoh River
Hoquiam
Humptulips, Humptulips River
Hyak
Issaquah
Kachess Lake
Kalaloch
Kittitas County, Kittitas
Neah Bay
Palouse
Pysht River
Sol Duc River
Spokane – from the Spokane dialect of Interior Salish spoqín.[209]
Tillicum
Tonasket
Tulalip Bay
Tumwater
Twisp, Twisp River
Wishkah River
Walla Walla
Stehekin
Okanogan
Omak
Orondo
Sammamish
Sequim
Skagit River
Skookumchuck River
Squaxin Island
Stillaguamish River
Suquamish
Nooksack River
Nisqually River
Chehalis, Chehalis River
Wenatchee, Wenatchee River
La Push – lapoos or labush is the Chinook Jargon adaptation of the fr. la bouche (”mouth”)
Nespelem
Pasayten River, Pasayten Wilderness
Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie Pass, Snoqualmie River
Skykomish River
Wenatchee
Toppenish
Tumwater - City in Thurston County - Fast Water / Waterfall
Wapato