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No, it is named after the Yellowstone River, a tributary of the Missouri.
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 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.
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."
Tributaries are rivers that have been named after more famous rivers. The root of the word "tributary" is "tribute," meaning to pay homage to.
The city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK, has many rivers. Here are the largest:River Don (largest and main river in Sheffield, tributary of the River Ouse, which is outside the city)River Sheaf (the city is named after this tributary of the Don)River Loxley (tributary of the Don)River Rivelin (tributary of the Loxley)River Rother (tributary of the Don)Little Don River (tributary of the Don)The Moss (tributary of the Rother)Robin Brook (tributary of The Moss)Bowman Brook (tributary of the Robin Brook)Porter Brook (tributary of the Sheaf)Blackburn Brook (tributary of the Don)Limb Brook (tributary of the Sheaf)Meers Brook (tributary of the Sheaf)Old Hay Brook (tributary of the Totley Brook, forms River Sheaf when they join)Shire Brook (trubutary of Rother)Totley Brook (tributary of the Old Hay Brook, forms River Sheaf when they join)Wyming Brook (tributary of the Rivelin)Raeburn Rill (tributary of the Bowman Brook)
If you define a mountain as being higher than 2,000 feet/620 meters, then there are several mountains in North Dakota, however, most of them are named "butte" or "hill". The two named "mountain" are North Killdeer Mountain [3,169 ft / 966 m] and Tracy Mountain [2,917 ft / 889 m].The rivers in North Dakota include:Bois de Sioux RiverCannonball RiverCedar CreekCut Bank CreekDeep RiverDes Lacs RiverElm River (North Dakota), tributary of Red River of the NorthElm River (South Dakota), tributary of James RiverForest RiverGoose RiverGreen RiverHeart RiverJames RiverKnife RiverLittle Goose RiverLittle Heart RiverLittle Knife River, tributary of Knife RiverLittle Knife River, tributary of Missouri RiverLittle Missouri RiverLittle Muddy CreekMaple River (North Dakota), tributary of Sheyenne RiverMaple River (South Dakota), tributary of Elm River of South DakotaMissouri RiverNorth Fork Grand RiverPark RiverPembina RiverPipestem RiverRed River of the NorthRush RiverSheyenne RiverSouris RiverSpring CreekTobacco Garden CreekTongue RiverTurtle RiverWhite Earth RiverWild Rice RiverWintering RiverYellowstone River
It is named after the Missouria Native American tribe.
Yes the indigenous people of that territory named it this. Those people were biblical Moabite canaanite descent Moors
The capital of Missouri is Jefferson City, named after Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States.
The Missouri was a big river_wild and ferocious
Bella Coola, British Columbia is named after the Bella Coola Valley, which in turn is named after the indigenous Nuxalk people who reside in the area. "Bella Coola" means "stranger" or "foreigner" in the Nuxalk language.