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probably having been so named because the Dakota Indians roasted the teep- 
winna root, which they used for food, on the shore of the lake. 
hokio; village in Stevens County, Minnesota. An Indian word meaning "middle." 
hokoloskee; town in Lee County, Florida. The name is derived from the Indian 
word, chokoliska, meaning " red houses." 
hoteau; county, and township in Teton County, in Montana, and county in Sunt I, 
Dakota, named for the Chouteau family, two brothers of which, Auguste and 
Pierre, founded St. Louis. 
houptyatanka; lake in Minnesota. An Indian word meaning "big dry wood." 
howan; river and county in North Carolina, named from the Chowanoke Indian 
tribe. The word is a variant of the Algonquian sorwdn, "south." ( >ne author- 
ity derives the word from sowan-ohke, "south country." 
aristian; county in Kentucky, named for Col. William Christian, an officer of the 
Revolution. 
aristian; counties in Illinois and Missouri, named from the county in Kentucky. 
iristiana; creek, and village in Newcastle County, in Delaware, and borough in Lan- 
caster County, Pennsylvania, named for the King and Queen of Sweden, Christian 
and Christiana. 
iristiansburg-; town in Montgomery County, Virginia, named for a first settler. 
iristman; city in Edgar County, Illinois, named f or Mathias Christman, its founder. 
iromite; village in Shasta County, California, named from the chrome iron mine-. 
mctanunda; stream in Montgomery County, New York. An Indian word mean- 
ing "twin sisters." 
hula; village in Livingston County, Missouri; 
hulafinnee; town in Cleburne County, Alabama; 
hulahoma; town in Marshall County, Mississippi. From a Choctaw Indian word 
meaning "red fox." 
mluota; town in Orange County, Florida. An Indian word meaning "beautiful 
view." 
mrchill; county in Nevada, which takes its name from Fort Churchill, named for 
an officer of the United States Army. 
mrchville; village in Monroe County, New York, named for Samuel Church, a 
pioneer settler. 
bolo; river and village in Guadalupe County, Texas. A Spanish word meaning 
"buffalo." 
cero; town in Onondaga County, New York, named }>y the State land board for 
the celebrated Roman. 
eneg-a; station in Los Angeles County, California, and mining locality in Yavapai 
County, Arizona. A Spanish word meaning "marsh." 
marron; river in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, city in Gray County, Kansas, 
and village in Colfax County, New Mexico. A Spanish word meaning "wild," 
"unruly." 
ncinnati; city in Hamilton County, Ohio, laid out and named by Col. Israel Lud- 
low, from an organization of officers formed after the Revolutionary war and 
named in honor of Cincinnatus, the Roman patriot. 
cinnatus; town in Cortland County, New York, named by the State land board, 
for the celebrated Roman patriot. 
nnabar; village in Trinity County, California, named from the quicksilver mines. 
nnabar; mountain just north of Yellowstone Park, named from its rocks, which 
are colored red by iron, which was mistaken for cinnabar. 
nnaminson; town in Burlington County, New Jersey. The name is derived from 
the Indian, cinna, or sinne, "stone," and mona, or minncL "island," hence "stone 
island place." 
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