It is a derivation of the Native Indian word Tk'emlups, which means "meeting place" because the North Thompson and the South Thompson rivers meet in the dead centre of Kamloops.
for example: the many rivers in India collide to make the Indian Ocean
Where two rivers meet is called a confluence.
Minnesota - it actually means "sky tinted water," and refers to the many lakes and rivers of the area.
No, it is not a preposition. The word rivers is a plural noun.
Missouri gets its name from a tribe of Sioux Indians of the state called the Missouris. The word "Missouri" often has been construed to mean "muddy water" but the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology has stated it means "town of the large canoes," and authorities have said the Indian syllables from which the word comes mean "wooden canoe people" or "he of the big canoe."
The state is named for the Missouri River, which was named after the indigenous Missouri Indians, a Siouan-language tribe. They were called the ouemessourita, meaning "those who have dugout canoes", by the Miami-Illinois language speakers. As the Illini were the first natives encountered by Europeans in the region, the latter adopted the Illini name for the Missouri people.
The Luhya word for the English word 'meet' is 'kutana'.
Missouri gets its name from a tribe of Sioux Indians of the state called the Missouris. The word "Missouri" often has been construed to mean "muddy water" but the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology has stated it means "town of the large canoes," and authorities have said the Indian syllables from which the word comes mean "wooden canoe people" or "he of the big canoe."
The Lakota Indian word for horse is šunkawakan The Lakota Indian word for colt is šunkcincala
meet meet meet
Between Rivers or land in between rivers