Browse Submitted Place Names

This is a list of submitted place names in which the person who added the name is Atarah Derek.
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Arctic (Region & Body of Water) English
Means "near the bear," from the Greek word ἀρκτικός (arktikos), derived from arctos, meaning "bear." It refers to the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, which are two of the most well known and consistently named constellations in the northern hemisphere... [more]
Kenai (Region, River & Settlement) Indigenous American, Dena'ina, Russian
From a Dena'ina word meaning "flat, meadow, open area with few trees; base, low ridge." This is the name of a town, peninsula, borough and river in Alaska.
Mauna Loa (Mountain) Hawaiian
Means "long mountain" in Hawaiian. This is the name of the world's largest active volcano and the second tallest mountain in Hawaii. It makes up over half of the Big Island.
Sitka (Settlement) Tlingit
From the Tlingit name Shee Atʼiká, meaning "people on the outskirts of Baranof Island." This is the name of a city in Southeast Alaska. It is the largest US city by total area.
Utqiagvik (Settlement) Iñupiaq, Indigenous American
Means "place to gather roots" in Iñupiaq. This is the name of the northernmost town in the US, located in the state of Alaska on the Arctic Ocean coast... [more]
Yellowstone (River) English (American)
The name of a major tributary of the Missouri River. The name Yellowstone derives from translations of several indigenous names for the river that refer to the sulfur-containing yellow rocks the river has carried out of the Yellowstone Caldera, an active supervolcano that powers the hydrothermal features of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming... [more]