List of place names of Native American origin in New York

This is a list of Native American place names in the U.S. state of New York.

Renamed[]

• Hudson River called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk, the Great Mohegan, by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami, Muhheakantuck.
• Delaware River (Lenape-hi-tuk)
• Normans Kill (Ta-wa-sen-tha)

Indigenous tribes of New York[]

Not a complete list

• Algonquian
• Canarsie
• Iroquois
• Lenape
• Mahican
• Metoac
• Mohawk
• Montaukett

See also[]

• List of place names of Native American origin in New England
• List of place names of Native American origin in New Jersey
• List of placenames of indigenous origin in the Americas

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Beauchamp, William Martin (1906). Aboriginal place names of New York. New York State Education Department, New York State Museum.
• Bright, William (2004). Native American Place Names of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
• Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press.