List of U.S. Place Names of French Origin - Idaho

Idaho

  • Arbon
  • Bellevue ("Beautiful View")
  • Blanchard (French surname)
  • Boise (from boisé, "Wooded")
  • Bonneville County (named after Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1796–1878), a French-born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper and explorer)
  • Bovard
  • Bruneau (French surname)
  • Butte ("Hill")
  • Cache
  • Coeur d'Alene ("Heart of the Awl")
  • Culdesac ("Dead End")
  • Dubois ("of the wood")
  • Fremont County
  • Grandjean
  • Grangeville ("barn city")
  • Jacques
  • Labelle
  • Laclede
  • La Fleur ("the Flower")
  • Malad City (from malade, French for "sick")
  • Michaud (French surname from Michel (Michael))
  • Montour
  • Montpelier
  • Nez Perce County (from the Nez Perce Tribe's name "nez percé" meaning "pierced nose")
  • Paris
  • Payette (named after François Payette)
  • Pierre's Hole
  • Ponderay (from pend oreille, "earring")
  • Simplot
  • St. Maries
  • Teton ("Teat")
  • Thiard

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