List of New York placenames of Native American origin

The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of New York whose names are derived from Native American languages.

Listings Counties

Allegany County Town of Allegany Village of Allegany Allegany State Park Cattaraugus County Village of Cattaraugus Cattaraugus Creek Cayuga County Cayuga Lake Cayuga Lake (AVA) Chautauqua County Town of Chautauqua Hamlet of Chautauqua Chautauqua Lake Chemung County Town of Chemung Chemung River Chenango County Town of Chenango Hamlet of Chenango Forks Chenango River Erie County Lake Erie Genesee County Town of Genesee Town of Genesee Falls Genesee River Genesee Valley Park Niagara County City of Niagara Falls Niagara Falls Niagara Falls State Park Town of Niagara Fort Niagara Niagara Frontier Niagara River Niagara Gorge Niagara Escarpment Niagara Escarpment (AVA) Oneida County – named after the Oneida people. City of Oneida Village of Oneida Castle Village of Oneida Corners Oneida Creek Oneida Lake Oneida River Onondaga County City of Onondaga Hamlet of Onondaga Hill Onondaga Creek Onondaga Lake Onondaga Lake Park Onondaga Park Ontario County Town of Canandaigua City of Canandaigua Hamlet of Ontario Lake Ontario Oswego County City of Oswego Town of Oswego Oswego River Otsego County Town of Otsego Otsego Lake Saratoga County Town of Saratoga City of Saratoga Springs Schenectady County City of Schenectady Schoharie County Town of Schoharie Village of Schoharie Schoharie Creek Schoharie Valley Seneca County Town of Seneca Seneca Lake Seneca River Tioga County Town of Tioga Tioga River Wyoming County Village of Wyoming

Settlements

Apalachin Asharoken Canajoharie Canandaigua Canarsie, Brooklyn Cassadaga Chappaqua Cheektowaga Commack Conesus Copake Copiague Coxsackie Cutchogue Esopus Hannawa Falls Hauppauge Irondequoit Jamaica Kerhonkson Kiamesha Lake Lackawanna Mahopac Mamaroneck Manhasset Manhattan - probably from <man-ǎ-hǎ-tonh>, which seems to reflect Munsee Delaware , "where one gathers bows" (with -/aht/-, "bow").Bright (2004:265) Massapequa Mattituck Merrick Montauk Napanoch Nanuet Napeague Niskayuna Noyack Nyack Ossining Otisco Owego Patchogue Peconic Poughkeepsie Quiogue Quogue Ronkonkoma Sagaponack Schodack Setauket Shandaken Shekomeko Skaneateles Ticonderoga Tuckahoe, Suffolk County Tuckahoe, Westchester County Waccabuc Wappinger Wassaic Wawarsing Wawayanda Wyandanch Wykagyl Yaphank

Bodies of water

Ashokan Reservoir Canandaigua Lake Claverack Creek Conesus Lake Cossayuna Lake Hoosic River Keuka Lake Mongaup River Neversink River Nissequogue River Oatka Creek Otisco Lake Owasco Lake Patchogue River Pepacton Reservoir Potic Creek Queechy Lake Ronkonkoma Lake Sacandaga River Saranac River Susquehanna River Taghkanic Creek Taughannock Falls State Park Tioughnioga River Tonawanda Creek Walloomsac River Willowemoc Creek

Other

Adirondack Mountains Mohonk Mountain Poospatuck Reservation Shawangunk Ridge

See also List of place names of Native American origin in the United States

References Citations

Sources 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.