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| Placename | Meaning | County or Region |
State/Province | Type | USGS Quad or NTS topo |
Latitude | Longitude | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malakwa | "mosquito" from Fr. maringouin |
Shuswap | BC | community | 82L/15 | 50°56′0″N | 118°48′0″W | 18 km NE of Sicamous |
| Melakwa Lake | "mosquito" | King | WA | lake | Snoqualmie Pass | 47°27′1.16″N | 121°28′8.27″W | |
| Memaloose | "dead, to die, dead person/thing" | Clackamas | OR | locale | Bedford Point | 45.196°N | 122.214°W | |
| Memaloose Airstrip | " | Wallowa | OR | airport | Hat Point | 45.433°N | 116.696°W | |
| Memaloose Creek | " | Manning Park | BC | stream | 92H/2 | 49°6′0″N | 121°51′0″W | |
| Memaloose Creek | " | Clackamas | OR | stream | Bedford Point | 45.191°N | 122.225°W | |
| Memaloose Creek | " | Tillamook | OR | stream | Netarts | 45.469°N | 123.886°W | |
| Memaloose Guard Station | " | Wallowa | OR | locale | Hat Point | 45.437°N | 116.688°W | |
| Memaloose Island | " | Bonner | ID | island | Hope | 48.204°N | 116.296°W | |
| Memaloose Island | " | Klickitat | WA | island | Petersburg | 45.619°N | 121.118°W | |
| Memaloose Island (historical) | " | Umatilla | OR | island | Hat Rock | 45.922°N | 119.192°W | |
| Memaloose Island (historical) | " | Wasco | OR | island | Lyle | 45.703°N | 121.341°W | |
| Memaloose Island Light | " | Klickitat | WA | locale | Stacker Butte | 45.653°N | 121.078°W | |
| Memaloose Lake | " | Clackamas | OR | lake | Wanderers Peak | 45.098°N | 122.236°W | |
| Memaloose Lake | " | Lane | OR | lake | Huckleberry Mountain | 43.849°N | 122.315°W | |
| Memaloose Overlook | " | Wasco | OR | locale | Lyle | 45.694°N | 121.350°W | |
| Memaloose Point | " | Tillamook | OR | cape | Netarts | 45.471°N | 123.888°W | |
| Memaloose Ridge | " | Chelan | WA | ridge | Goode Mountain | 48.475°N | 120.886°W | |
| Memaloose Rock | " | Cowlitz | WA | bar | Oak Point | 46.191°N | 123.166°W | |
| Memaloose State Park | " | Wasco | OR | park | Lyle | 45.696°N | 121.332°W | |
| Memaloose Trail | " | Clackamas | OR | trail | Bedford Point | 45.160°N | 122.211°W | |
| Mesachie Lake | "evil", "nasty", "malign" |
Cowichan | BC | lake | 92C16 | 48°49′N | 124°06′W | |
| Mesachie Lake | " | Cowichan | BC | community | 92C16 | 48°49′N | 124°07′W | |
| Mesachie Nose | " | Dean Channel | BC | point | 93D6 | 52°30′25″N | 127°09′45″W | |
| Mesahchie Glacier | "evil", "nasty", "malign" |
Skagit | WA | glacier | Mount Arriva | 48.583°N | 120.864°W | Mesahchie, usually mesachie, can mean "naughty" or "mischievous" for a child, but the more devilish implication seems clear here, as with the Pass and Peak. |
| Mesahchie Pass | " | Skagit | WA | gap | Mount Logan | 48.598°N | 120.864°W | |
| Mesahchie Peak | " | Skagit | WA | summit | Mount Logan | 48.579°N | 120.879°W | Mesahchie Peak is on Ragged Ridge, which also includes other Jargon-named peaks: Kimtah Peak, Katsuk Peak, Cosho Peak (q.v.) |
| Mimulus Creek | var. of memaloose" (dead, dead man) | Garibaldi Park | BC | creek | 92G14 | 59°57′00″N | 123°03′00″W | |
| Mimulus Lake | " | Garibaldi Park | BC | lake | 93G14 | 52°30′25″N | 123°02′00″W | |
| Mokst Lake | "two" | Ocean Falls | BC | lake | 93D/5 | Ikt Lake (from "one" is immediately downstream | ||
| Moolack Beach | "elk" | Lincoln | OR | beach | Newport North | 44.700°N | 124.064°W | |
| Moolack Butte | " | Deschutes | OR | summit | Elk Lake | 43.988°N | 121.787°W | |
| Moolack Creek | " | Boise | ID | stream | Warbonnet Peak | 44.121°N | 115.084°W | |
| Moolack Creek | " | Lane | OR | stream | Chucksney Mountain | 43.879°N | 122.117°W | |
| Moolack Creek | " | Lincoln | OR | stream | Newport North | 44.703°N | 124.063°W | |
| Moolack Flat | " | Lane | OR | flat | Waldo Mountain | 43.838°N | 122.085°W | |
| Moolack Lake | " | Lane | OR | lake | Waldo Mountain | 43.823°N | 122.070°W | |
| Moolack Mountain | " | Lane | OR | summit | Waldo Mountain | 43.850°N | 122.094°W | |
| Moolack Spring | " | Columbia | WA | spring | Oregon Butte | 46.121°N | 117.726°W | |
| Mowich | "deer" | Klamath | OR | locale | Muttonchop Butte | 43.372°N | 123°1′0″W | |
| Mowich Butte | " | Skamania | WA | summit | Lookout Mountain | 45.799°N | 122.029°W | |
| Mowich Butte Lookout | " | Skamania | WA | locale | Lookout Mountain | 45.800°N | 122.029°W | |
| Mowich Camp | " | Skamania | WA | locale | Lookout Mountain | 45.793°N | 122.042°W | |
| Mowich Creek | " | Shoshone | ID | stream | Monumental Buttes | 47.071°N | 115.753°W | |
| Mowich Creek | " | Douglas | OR | stream | Potter Mountain | 43.251°N | 122.338°W | |
| Mowich Creek | " | Lillooet River NW of Pemberton |
BC | stream | 92J/11 | 50°30′0″N | 123°1′0″W | |
| Mowich Creek | " | Manning Park near the Lightning Lakes |
BC | stream | 92H/2 | 49°0′0″N | 120°59′0″W | |
| Mowich Face | " | Pierce | WA | cliff | Mount Rainier West | 46.868°N | 121.791°W | |
| Mowich Flats | " | Birkenhead Ranges N of Pemberton |
BC | flat | 92J/10 | 50°33′0″N | 122°55′0″W | just E of Tenquille Mountain |
| Mowich Illahee | "deer pasture" "place you'll find deer" |
Okanogan | WA | town/city | Buck Mountain | 48.398°N | 119.813°W | |
| Mowich Lake | " | Deadman River Bonaparte Plateau |
BC | lake | 92P/2 | 51°1′0″N | 121°54′0″W | |
| Mowich Lake | " | Linn | OR | lake | Marion Forks | 44.503°N | 121.880°W | |
| Mowich Lake | " | Pierce | WA | lake | Mowich Lake | 46.939°N | 121.860°W | |
| Mowich Lake Entrance | " | Pierce | WA | locale | Golden Lakes | 46.927°N | 121.914°W | |
| Mowich Park | " | Douglas | OR | flat | Potter Mountain | 43.258°N | 122.269°W | |
| Mowich Post Office (historical) | " | Klamath | OR | po | Muttonchop Butte | 43.372°N | 121.828°W | |
| Mowich Recreation Site | " | Baker | OR | locale | Phillips Lake | 44.692°N | 118.068°W | |
| Mowich River | " | Pierce | WA | stream | Le Dout Creek | 46.901°N | 122.029°W | |
| Mowich Spring | " | Harney | OR | spring | Big Mowich Mountain | 43.952°N | 119.581°W | |
| Mowich Spring Butte | " | Klamath | OR | summit | Big Hole | 43.378°N | 121.369°W | |
| Mowich Mountain, Big | " | Harney | OR | summit | Big Mowich Mountain | 43.952°N | 119.564°W | also indexed under "B" |
| Mowich Reservoir, Big | " | Grant | OR | reservoir | Suplee Butte | 44.224°N | 119.608°W | also indexed under "B" |
| Mowitch Basin | "deer" | Pondera | MT | basin | Mitten Lake | 48.252°N | 112.970°W | |
| Mowitch Creek | " | Snake Indian River Jasper National Park |
AB | stream | 83E/8 | 53°25′00″N | 118°29′00″W | Alberta location code 51-4-W6 |
| Mowitch Creek | " | Valley | ID | stream | Pungo Mountain | 44.779°N | 115.124°W | |
| Mowitch Lake | " | King | WA | lake | Lake Philippa | 47.597°N | 121.548°W | |
| Mowitch Point | " | Skeena estuary near Prince Rupert |
BC | cape | 103J/1 | 54°10′00″N | 130°01′00″W | opposite Port Essington |
| Mox Chehalis Creek | "two Chehalis", "No. 2 Chehalis" | Grays Harbor | WA | stream | Malone | 46.966°N | 123.361°W | mox is a variant of moxt or mokst for "two" |
| Mox Chuck Slough | "two water(s)" | Grays Harbor | WA | stream | Central Park | 46.958°N | ||
| Mox Chuck Truck Trail | "two water(s)" | Grays Harbor | WA | trail | Kamilche Valley | 123.240°W| | ||
| Mox Creek | "two" | Idaho | ID | stream | Hemlock Butte | 46.384°N | 115.679°W | |
| Mox Creek | "two" | Price | WI | stream | Jump River Fire Tower NW | 45.427°N | 90.641°W | As this is in Wisconsin, the origin may not be Chinook; but it wouldn't be the only Chinook word to migrate to the eastern Plains, via fur trade usage perhaps. |
| Mox Lake | "two" | Kenai Peninsula | AK | lake | Kenai C-1 SW | 60.513°N | 150.308°W | |
| Mox Peaks | "two" | Whatcom | WA | summit | Mount Redoubt | 48.948°N | 121.254°W | also known as the Twin Spirs; named Mox Peaks by the US Parks Service |
| Moxt Glacier | "two" | Tatshenshini-Alsek | BC | glacier | 114P/6 | Flanked by Ikt Glacier ("one") and Kloon Glacier ("three") and other numbered glaciers | ||
| Muckamuck Creek | "food", "to eat" | Okanogan | WA | stream | Conconully West | 48.554°N | 119.844°W | |
| Muckamuck Hill | " | Okanogan | WA | summit | Conconully West | 48.603°N | 119.798°W | |
| Muckamuck Mountain | " | Okanogan | WA | summit | Conconully West | 48.611°N | 119.855°W | |
| Muckamuck Pass | " | Okanogan | WA | gap | Conconully West | 48.588°N | 119.811°W | |
| Muckamuck Trail | " | Clackamas | OR | trail | Coxit Mountain | 48.634°N | 119.842°W |
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