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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 9:44 pm
by aliantha
deer of the dawn wrote:I always loved the Native American names that dot New England maps, like Moosalamoo, Pawtucket, Narragansett, Wallenpaupack, Bomoseen, Moodus, Ompompanoosuc, Saugatuck, Skaghticoke.
We have a few similar place names in Virginia, a lot of them in the Tidewater area: Chincoteague, Assateague, Poquoson. My favorite is probably Assawoman. :lol: