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What is Washington D.C. state gem?
Washington, D.C. is not a state and therefore does not have a state gem.
What is the value of an 1889 Indian Head penny?
An Indian Head penny from 1889 to 1899, in circulated condition, is worth about a dollar. An 1889 Indian Head Penny in choice brilliant proof, with gem mirror-like red surfaces - the 31st nicest graded of over 70 specimens graded by NCGS recently sold for $2,800 in 2009. The market value of most old US coins increases exponentially when approaching grade MS63 and continuing through Choice proof.
Commonly used English Native American Words?
First of all, there is no such thing as "English Native American Words"--as you suggest in your question. There are, however, Native American words that are commonly used by those of us who reside in North America.Here is a list of those words and the Tribe from which the words originated:caribou (Micmac)chipmunk (Ojibwa)moose (Algonquian)muskrat (Abenaki)porgy (Algonquian)opossum (Algonquian)woodchuck (Narraganset)raccoon (Algonquian)skunk (Algonquian)squash (Natick)pecan (Algonquian)hominy (Algonquian)pone (Algonquian)pemmican (Cree)succotash (Narraganset)sachem (Narraganset)papoose (Narraganset)mugwump (Natick)moccasin (Chippewa)toboggan (Algonquian)tomahawk (Algonquian)wigwam (Abenaki)tipi (Dakota)wampum (Massachuset)hogan (Navajo)hickory (Algonquian)kayak (Inuit)totem (Ojibwa)potlatch (Chinook)caucus (Algonquian)pow wow (Narraganset)Some of our loveliest place names began life as Native American words: Susquehanna, Shenandoah, Rappahannock. Such names are the stuff of poetry. William Penn did not know "a language spoken in Europe that hath words of more sweetness and greatness." To Walt Whitman, Monongahela "rolls with venison richness upon the palate."If you look at a map of the United States, you will realize how freely settlers used words of Indian origin to name our states, cities, towns, mountains, lakes, rivers, ponds, and creeks.Four of our five Great Lakes and 28 -- more than half -- of our states have names that were borrowed from Native American words. They are:Alabama -Indian for tribal town, later a tribe (Alabamas or Alibamons) of the Creek confederacy.Alaska -Russian version of Aleutian (Eskimo) word, alakshak, for "peninsula," "great lands," or "land that is not an island."Arizona -Spanish version of Pima Indian word for "little spring place," or Aztec arizuma, meaning "silver-bearing."Arkansas -French variant of Quapaw, a Siouan people meaning "downstream people."Connecticut -From Mohican and other Algonquin words meaning "long river place."Delaware -Named for Lord De La Warr, early governor of Virginia; first applied to river, then to Indian tribe (Lenni-Lenape), and the state.Hawaii -Possibly derived from native word for homeland, Hawaiki or Owhyhee.Idaho -A coined name with an invented Indian meaning: "gem of the mountains;" originally suggested for the Pike's Peak mining territory (Colorado), then applied to the new mining territory of the Pacific Northwest. Another theory suggests Idaho may be a Kiowa Apache term for the Comanche.Illinois -French for Illini or land of Illini, Algonquin word meaning men or warriors.Indiana -Means "land of the Indians."Iowa -Indian word variously translated as "one who puts to sleep" or "beautiful land."Kansas -Sioux word for "south wind people."Kentucky -Indian word variously translated as "dark and bloody ground," "meadow land" and "land of tomorrow."Massachusetts -From Indian tribe named after "large hill place" identified by Capt. John Smith as being near Milton, Mass.Michigan -From Chippewa words mici gama meaning "great water," after the lake of the same name.Minnesota -From Dakota Sioux word meaning "cloudy water" or "sky-tinted water" of the Minnesota River.Mississippi -Probably Chippewa; mici zibi, "great river" or "gathering-in of all the waters." Also: Algonquin word, "Messipi."Missouri -An Algonquin Indian term meaning "river of the big canoes."Nebraska -From Omaha or Otos Indian word meaning "broad water" or "flat river," describing the Platte River.North & South Dakota -Dakota is Sioux for friend or ally.Ohio -Iroquois word for "fine or good river."Oklahoma -Choctaw coined word meaning red man, proposed by Rev. Allen Wright, Choctaw-speaking Indian, said: Okla humma is red people.Tennessee -Tanasi was the name of Cherokee villages on the Little Tennessee River. From 1784 to 1788 this was the State of Franklin, or Frankland.Texas -Variant of word used by Caddo and other Indians meaning friends or allies, and applied to them by the Spanish in eastern Texas. Also written texias, tejas, teysas.Utah -From a Navajo word meaning upper, or higher up, as applied to a Shoshone tribe called Ute.Wisconsin -An Indian name, spelled Ouisconsin and Mesconsing by early chroniclers. Believed to mean "grassy place" in Chippewa. Congress made it Wisconsin.Wyoming -The word was taken from Wyoming Valley, Pa., which was the site of an Indian massacre and became widely known by Campbell's poem, "Gertrude of Wyoming." In Algonquin it means "large prairie place."
What is the value of a 1968 US cent?
It will have no added value, unless it is a GEM uncirculated coin, which is worth about 25 cents.
What is the value of a 1956 US cent?
In circulated condition it's worth about 3 cents. An uncirculated gem is worth about 25 cents.
My name does not come from a real word but many people think my name is Indian word that means Gem of Mountains?
Indiania
What state was named a word that means gem of mountains?
The name of the state of Idaho was made up by George M. Willing. He claimed it was a Native American word that meant "gem of the mountains."
What state means Gem of the mountains?
you can't
What state name means gem of the mountains?
Maybe, Alaska. I am not sure
What state is nicknamed the gem state?
In 1863, Congress designated the Idaho Territory with the erroneous understanding that Idaho was a Shoshone word meaning Gem of the Mountains. In spite of the misunderstanding concerning the origin of the name the state continues to be known as the "Gem State" and the "Gem of the Mountains".
What word starting with p means a gem of great value?
Pearl.
What is the meaning of the word amethyst?
This fine gem gets its name from a Greek word "Amethustos" which means "not drunk" after the belief that the wearer of the gem will not suffer from excess consumption of alcohol.
Which state is the Gem of Mountains state?
Idaho
What word beginning with the letter p means a gem of great value?
pearl
Which word describes a gleaming gem?
The word "scintillation" could be used. To scintillate means to glitter, sparkle, or twinkle.
Is there a describing word for the word gem?
Yes shiny would describe a gem There is a shiny gem in the treasure chest
What is the possessive form of gem?
Gem's. Gem's could also be 'gem is' so you have to note the context of the word to tell if it is possessive or 'is' eg The gem's green -- gem's = gem is The gem's colour is green. -- gem's = possessive
