List of placenames of Choctaw origin

This is a list of place names that have arisen from or have equivalents in the Choctaw language or are from the names of people who were themselves Choctaw.

Language derivations

Personal name derivations

Equivalents without origin information

  • Oklahoma, United States

References

  1. ^ Bright (2004), p. 52.
  2. ^ a b Leeper, Clare D'Artois (19 October 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.
  3. ^ Read (1927), pp. 10–11.
  4. ^ Bushnell, D.I. (1909). The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Washington: Government Printing Office. p. 7.
  5. ^ Read (1927), p. 12.
  6. ^ Milligan, Keith. "Bokchito". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society.
  7. ^ O'Dell, Larry. "Bokoshe". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society.
  8. ^ Folsom, Joseph P. (1869), "Amendments to the Constitution of the Choctaw Nation", Constitution and laws of the Choctaw nation, New York City: WM. P. LYON & SON, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS, Sec. 2, The seat of government shall be permanently fixed at Armstrong Academy, and shall be called and known as Chahta Tamaha, and ....
  9. ^ Milligan, James C. "Atoka County". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society.
  10. ^ "More Choctaw Place Names in "Oklahumma"". Iti Fabvssa. Biskinik. District 2. 1 November 2023.

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