there is a town on the eastern shore, VA called Assawoman, an indian name.  What does it mean?
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The spelling has been shifted over time from Assawaman, which an Algonquin word meaning "middle fishing stream."
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Because when the name al-eks-an-der was borrowed into early Hindi (and also into many other languages of the region), the al- at the beginning was interpreted to be another grammatical element, perhaps a definite article "the".  So these speakers did not "hear" Alexander, but "the Ksander".  Since "ks" is an odd sequence at the beginning of a word in most languages, the two sounds were metathesized and a vowel inserted to break them up, thus "Sikander".  These processes are common.  For example, when the Powhatan word "apassem" was borrowed into English in the 17th century, it was heard as "a possum", so the correct English pronunciation of opossum is "possum".  We spell the word as in Powhatan, but we pronounce it as if the first syllable is the indefinite article "a".  The same thing happened when the Acadians went to Louisiana.  The first syllable was interpreted as the indefinite article "a" and so "Acadian" became "a Cajun".
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Oh, you need something more than the capital of NY?  Hang on....\n\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\nAlbany is an ancient and literary Celtic name for Scotland, north of the Firth of Forth (east) and Firth of Clyde (west). Variants are Alban, Albin, Alba and Albion. Other uses probably derive from this. It is unclear whether these toponyms have the same etymon as the Balkan Albania or the ancient Caucasian Albania (see Origin and history of the name Albania).\n\nThe Duke of Albany is a peerage title that has occasionally been bestowed on the younger sons in the Scottish and later the British Royal Family, particularly in the Houses of Stuart and Hanover.
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The state nickname has been called TAXSACHUSSETTS for as long as I can remember.  It's a state tradition from the onset of the United States.\n\nBut....it's a lovely state full of great people who continue to live there and have for well over 200 yrs.
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Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah\n\nIt means:\n"Wolf who stands in water."\n\nhttp://www.tvacres.com/languages_foreign.htm
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I am pretty sure it's "Moose lem" or "Muzz lem". "Moz lem" is for the Germanic tribe that invaded Europe. My teacher's said that it can be Mooselem or Muzzlem.
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Opchanacanough is the name of the American Indian who captured Capt. John Smith. Opchanacanough's half-brother, Powhatan, was the chief and eventually released Smith. \n\nGood luck with your project
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person who named America
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Teusa is a nick name for Teusajaure.. I believe that's in Sweaden.  Maybe that's where it came from
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Orlando, Florida. I lived in Oakland, California and it was originally nicknamed Oak Town. Sometimes people call it O-town but that's the slang of a nickname if you follow.
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From Wikipedia:\n\nThe name appears to derive from the Saxon here meaning army and hlaw meaning hill that was the meeting point of the local Saxon tribe. The village was noted later in Magna Carta and developed as a typical rural area.\n\nHope that's "original" enough!\n\nYour best bet for more detail is the Museum of Harlow ( http://www.tmoh.com ) but there's little available online - you'll need to go there.
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TWO!\nManassas, Virginia\nManassas, Georgia
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Altun Ha is the name given ruins of an ancient Maya city in Belize, located in the Belize District about 30 miles (50 km) north of Belize City and about 6 miles (10 km) west of the shore of the Caribbean Sea.\n\n"Altun Ha" is a modern name in the Maya language, coined by translating the name of the nearby village of Rockstone Pond. The ancient name is at present unknown.\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nSanta Rita may refer to:\n\nBrazil:\nSanta Rita, Maranhão \nSanta Rita de Cássia, Amapá \nSanta Rita da Cassia, Bahia \nSanta Rita do Araguaia, Goiás \nSanta Rita do Novo Destino, Goiás \nSanta Rita do Trivelato, Mato Grosso \nSanta Rita do Pardo, Mato Grosso do Sul \nSanta Rita de Caldas, Minas Gerais \nSanta Rita de Ibitipoca, Minas Gerais \nSanta Rita de Jacutinga, Minas Gerais \nSanta Rita de Minas, Minas Gerais \nSanta Rita do Itueto, Minas Gerais \nSanta Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais \nSanta Rita d'Oeste, São Paulo \nSanta Rita do Passa Quatro, São Paulo \nSanta Rita do Tocantins, Tocantins\n \nEl Salvador: \nSanta Rita, Chalatenango\n \nHonduras:\nSanta Rita, Copán \n\nMexico:\n Santa Rita, Nuevo León \nSanta Rita, Sonora \nSanta Rita, Zacatecas \nSanta Rita Tlahuapan, Puebla\n \nParaguay:\nSanta Rita District \n\nPhilippines:\n Santa Rita, Pampanga \nSanta Rita, Samar\n \nUnited States: \nSanta Rita, New Mexico\n \nVenezuela: \nSanta Rita, Aragua \nSanta Rita, Zulia\n \nDominican Republic: \nSanta Rita Parochial School, a private school in the city of San Cristóbal\n\nOther:\nSanta Rita Mountains, Arizona, United States \n\n\nThat's My Best Answer!
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i'm not 100% sure, but i'm taking US history and we were talking about that and it comes from a spanish term very similar to the term "yankee" and i'm not entirly sure what it means or how its spelled its pronouced "yawnkee" i believe.  that was the term for the Union and since the South wasn't a part of the Union in the Civil War then i guess thats why the North was referred to as "yankees".\n\nI hope that helps.
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Are you sure you have the spelling correct?\nI did a little google research for orma and each of those categories, and nothing useful came up. Orma is a town in West Virginia, and part of the name of a museum in Idaho (Orma J Smith Museum of Natural History). Orma is also the name of a group of semi-nomadic herders in Kenya.
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As far as I can tell, it's a place name (America,) and a last name.\n\nIt's also a slang term for people or things from Guatemala ...\nBut I'm not one, so I can't be a proud one!!
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i found something it says neosha is a native american name and it comes from osage which means "cold , clear, water".\nand than there is another one, it says "neosho" probably comes from neiashing which means, river or another body of water.\nhttp://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=3877&term_type_id=2&term_type_text=Places&letter=N