The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Arkansas whose names are derived from Native American languages.
Listings Counties
Arkansas County, Arkansas – from the Illinois rendering of the tribal autonym kką:ze, which the Miami and Illinois used to refer to the Quapaw. Arkansas River Mississippi County, Arkansas Mississippi River Ouachita County, Arkansas – named after the Ouachita people. Village of Ouachita Lake Ouachita Ouachita River Ouachita Mountains Ouachita National Forest
Settlements
Alabam Old Alabam Arkadelphia Bayou Township (Ashley County) Bayou Township (Baxter County) Bayou Meto (Arkansas County) Bayou Meto (Lonoke County) Caddo Gap Caddo Valley Caddo River Cherokee Village – named after the Cherokee people. Chickalah Choctaw Cozahome Hatchie Coon Havana Illinois Township (Pope County) Illinois Township (Washington County) Kentucky Little Arkansaw Modoc Newnata Northern Ohio Omaha Oneida Osage Osage Mills Osceola Pocahontas Saginaw Saratoga Solgohachia – from the Choctaw word sok-ko-huch-cha, meaning "muscadine river". Tennessee Texarkana Tokalon Tomahawk Tomato Wabash Wabbaseka Wappanocca Winona
Bodies of water Camp Kia Kima Lake Meneshea Lake Nacoosa Paper Retention Pond Patocca Lower Lake and Patocca Upper Lake
See also List of place names in the United States of Native American origin
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