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What does the word skunk translate to in the Algonquin Indian language?
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What city in Illinois whose name comes from an Algonquin word meaning garlic field?
No city in Illinois has a name from Algonquin - that language is only spoken by the Algonquin tribe of Canada. Chicago is named from the Miami (not Algonquin) word chicagoua, meaning the wild native garlic plant (Allium tricoccum) - there is nothing in the word that represents "field", so it definitely does not mean "garlic field", simply "wild garlic".It is claimed that the Miami word also signifies "skunk", but this is given as shikakwa in modern sources.
What does Chicago mean in Indian?
There is no language called "Indian".The name of the city of Chicago is a corrupted form of the Miami or Illinois word shikaakwa, meaning "wild onion" or "skunk smells".
City in Illinois whose name comes from an Algonquin word meaning garlic Field?
No city in Illinois has a name from Algonquin - that language is only spoken by the Algonquin tribe of Canada. Chicago is named from the Miami (not Algonquin) word chicagoua, meaning the wild native garlic plant (Allium tricoccum) - there is nothing in the word that represents "field", so it definitely does not mean "garlic field", simply "wild garlic".It is claimed that the Miami word also signifies "skunk", but this is given as shikakwa in modern sources.
What is the Indian name that existed previous to Skunk River in Iowa?
every tribe had is own language. therefore your question can not be answered as a general question. You will have to research the area you are in question about.
What things in Chicago have Indian names?
Skikdns witch means skunk
What Indian language does the word Chicago come from?
Chicago is derived from the Native American tribe (Algonquian) and means: onion or skunk. It could also mean "Smells bad" depending on how it is used. It refers to a place where there is skunks. In the ojibwe language, places of reference often end in the 'o' suffix and the root word is 'chigag' which refers to the skunk. So the translation would be or at least how i understand it in my ojibwe language is ' a place where the skunks come from, a place where there is skunks, a place where you find skunks' depending on how you would use the word in the ojibwe language.
What word means skunk in Scots?
In Irish: scúnc (animal); suarachán or bréantachán (a person). In Scottish Gaelic: ?
How do you say skunk in french?
The Spanish word for "squirrel" is "ardilla".
What does the word Chicago mean in Indian?
Chicago means onion or skunk. Or "smells bad" depending how you use it.
What is the skunk word?
"well becuase there was a queen backk in the england in thee olden days i should put it, and how to say stinky or smelly i should say, is skunk in england." "So they called her smelly from that day on and the skunk got its name from her." and , "that is how the skunk got its name." good story , yes yes it is
What type of skunk is in carlos and the skunk?
A striped skunk
How did the skunk get its name?
The names of the family and the most common genus (Mephitidae, Mephitis) mean "stench", and Spilogale putorius means "stinking spotted weasel". The word skunk is a corruption of an Abenaki name for them, segongw or segonku, which means "one who squirts" in the Algonquin dialect.
