Iroquois Submitted Place Names

Iroquois names are used by the Iroquois people of the United States and Canada.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Etobicoke (Settlement) Iroquois (Anglicized), Algonquin (Anglicized)
From the Mississagua name for the area, wah-do-be-kang (wadoopikaang), and means "the place where alders grow". Anglicized by Augustus Jones as 'ato-be-coake', but adopted by John Graves Simcoe as 'Etobicoke' in 1795.
Niagara (Body of Water, Settlement & Region) Iroquois
Name of a popular waterfall, a town, and region, in Canada. Derived from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra, meaning either "the strait", or "bisected bottom lands"
Oka (Settlement) Mohawk
Unknown meaning. Name of town in Quebec
Sauquoit (Settlement & Body of Water) English, Oneida
From the Oneida word sa-da-quoit, meaning "smooth pebbles in a stream."
Wyandotte (Settlement) Iroquois
A town in Oklahoma, United States, and headquarters of the indigenous Wyandot nation, for who the town is named.