New Hampshire
Common Languages: Abnaki, Nipmuc, Pennacook
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- Ammonoosuc River (Upper and Lower): (Abnaki) "small, narrow fishing place"
- Amoskeag: (Pennacook) "fishing place" Manchester
- Ashuelot River (and pond): (Pennacook or Natick) "place between"
- Canobie Lake: (Abnaki) "abundant water"
- Contoocook (and river and lake): (Pennacook) "place of the river near pines" or (Abnaki) "nut trees river" or (Natick) "small plantation at the river"
- Coös: (Pennacook) "pine tree"
- Hooksett: (Pennacook) possible abbreviation of Annahooksett "place of beautiful trees"
- Mascoma River (and lake): (Abnaki) "much grass" or "salmon fishing" or "red rocks"
- Massabesic Lake: (Abnaki) "near the great brook"
- Merrimack River (and town)
- Mount Monadnock: (Natick) "at the most prominent island" (-like mountain)
- Mount Moosilauke: (Abnaki) "good moose place" or "at the smooth place"
- Nashua River (and city): (Pennacook/Nipmuck) "between streams"
- Ossipee River (and town and lake): (Abnaki) "beyond the water"
- Paugus Bay: (Abnaki) "small pond"
- Pawtuckaway Lake (and mountains): (Abnaki) "falls in the river" or "clear, shallow river"
- Pemigewasset River: (Abnaki) "extensive rapids"
- Pennacook (village): tribal name; "at the foothills"
- Piscataqua River (ME border): (Pennacook) "place where the river divides"
- Piscataquog River: (Abnaki) "place where the river divides"
- Souhegan River: (Pennacook or Nipmuck) "watching place"
- Squam Lake (and river): (Abnaki) "salmon"
- Lake Sunapee (and town): (Pennacook) "rocks in the water", "rocky pond"
- Suncook River (also lakes and village): (Pennacook) "rocky place"
- Umbagog Lake: (Abnaki) "clear lake"
- Lake Winnipesaukee (and river): (Pennacook) "land around the lakes" or "good land around lake at mountains"
- Winnisquam Lake: (Abnaki) "salmon-fishing place"
- Former names:
- Kodaak wadso: (Abnaki) "summit of the highest mountain" Mount Washington
Read more about this topic: List Of Place Names In New England Of Aboriginal Origin
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