List_of_place_names_of_Native_American_origin_in_California

List of California placenames of Native American origin

List of California placenames of Native American origin

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Many places throughout the U.S. state of California take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these indigenous languages.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Listings

Counties

Settlements

Bodies of water

Islands

Other

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References

Citations

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    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nipinnawasee, California
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    McCall, Lynn; Perry, Rosalind (2002). California's Chumash Indians: a project of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Education Center (Revised ed.). San Luis Obispo, CA: EZ Nature Books. p. 36. ISBN 0936784156.
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    Bright (2004), p. 444.
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    Tomo-Kahni Resource Center
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    Bright, William (1998). 1500 California Place Names (3rd ed.). UC Press. p. 155.
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    Hitt, Marlene (2002). Sunland and Tujunga: From Village to City. Arcadia Publishing. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7385-2377-4.
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    Bright (2004), p. 582.
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    Van De Grift Sanchez, Nellie (1922). Spanish and Indian Place Names of California; Their Meaning and Their Romance (Second ed.). San Francisco, California: A. M. Robertson. p. 71.
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    Bright (2004), p. 37.

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