The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of North Carolina whose names are derived from Native American languages.
Listings
Counties
- Alamance County
- Alleghany County
- Catawba County
-
Cherokee County – named after the Cherokee people.
- Town of Cherokee
- Chowan County
- Currituck County
- Pamlico County
- Pasquotank County
- Perquimans County
- Watauga County
- Yadkin County [1] [2] [3]
Settlements
Bodies of water
- Aycock Creek
- Aycock Swamp
- Calabash River
- Chattooga River
- Chatuge Lake
- Cheoah River
- Chinquapin Branch
- Little Chinquapin Branch
- Chocowinity
- Chowan River
- Cohooque Creek
- Contentnea Creek
- Cullasaja River
- Donoho Creek
- Eno River
- Great Coharie Creek
- Hyco River
- Lake Mattamuskeet
- Lake Santeetlah
- Lake Tahoma
- Lake Waccamaw
- Little Tennessee River
- Meherrin River
- Moccasin Creek
- Moccasin Creek (Contentnea Creek tributary)
- Mocassin Run
- Nahunta Swamp
- Nantahala Lake
- Nolichucky River
- Nottely River
- North Pacolet River
- Nottoway River
- Oconaluftee River
- Pamlico River
-
Pocoson Branch
- Pocoson Branch (Trent River tributary)
- Possum Swamp
- Possumquarter Creek
- Potecasi Creek
- Raccoon Branch
- West Prong Raccoon Creek
- Saponi Creek
- Sapony Creek
- Little Sapony Creek
- Scuppernong River
- Seneca Branch
- Shaddox Creek
- Shocco Creek
- Swannanoa River
- Tallulah River
- Tellico River
- Tuckahoe Creek
- Tuckasegee River
- Uwharrie River
- Waccamaw River
- Wiccacon River
Other
See also
References
Citations
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- ^ "North Carolina Indian Tribes". 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
Sources
- 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.