Statistics for US Cities with Names Derived from Indigenous Languages

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State	Origin	Hint	City	% Correct
IL	Miami-Illinois: "Shikaakwa" (wild leek)	Biggest city in Illinois, home to the Bulls, Bears, Cubs, and Fire	Chicago	97%
FL	Mayaimi: "mayaimi" (big river)	Home to the Dolphins, Heat, and Marlins	Miami	93%
WI	Algonquin: "Millioke" ("the good/beautiful land;" "gathering place by the water")	The most populous city in Wisconsin, home to the Bucks	Milwaukee	93%
VA	Algonquin: "Chesepiooc" ("at a big river")	Shares its name with a bay between Maryland and Virginia and the largest estuary in the US	Chesapeake	90%
MN	Dakota: "mníȟaȟa" (waterfall) (with Greek suffix for city)	The bigger of Minnesota's Twin Cities	Minneapolis	90%
WY	Dakota: "Šahíyena" (diminutive of "Cree")	Capital of Wyoming	Cheyenne	79%
FL	Muscogee: "talahá:ssi" (old tribal town)	The state capital, home to Florida State University	Tallahassee	76%
NE	(Language is same as city): "Umoⁿhoⁿ" ("upstream people")	Nebraska's most populous city, home of Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	69%
MD	Algonquin: approx. "Patawomeke"("place where people trade")	Named after the nearby river that also passes through Washington, DC	Potomac	69%
WA	Lushootseed "dᶻidᶻəlal̓ič" ("little crossing-over place")	Biggest city in the Pacific Northwest, home to the Seahawks, Mariners, and Sounders	Seattle	69%
KS	Kansa: "dóppikʔe" ("a good place to dig wild potatoes")	State capital of Kansas	Topeka	69%
NY	Iroquoian: "Onguiaahra" ("the strait")	Near famous transnational set of waterfalls shared with Canada	Niagara	66%
TN	Muskogee: from "cvto" (rock)	Civil War railroad city bordering the Cumberland Plateau; names a "Choo Choo" song from the 1940s	Chattanooga	62%
AZ	O'odham: "cuk ṣon" (black base)	Second-largest city in Arizona	Tucson	62%
NY	Iroquoian: "se-rach-ta-gue" (debatably "floating scum upon the water")	It and its "Springs" neighbor were the site of a namesake Fort and Battle, the site of the turning point of the American Revolution	Saratoga	55%
NC	Algonquin: "rawrenoc" (a kind of shell used as money)	Its island was home of the "lost colony" that the English founded in the late 1500s	Roanoke	52%
CA	Ventureño Chumash: "Humaliwo ("the surf sounds loudly")	Beach city in Los Angeles County; setting of "Two and a Half Men," "Hannah Montana;" namesake of a coconut liqueur	Malibu	48%
FL	Choctaw: "pashi oklah" (hair people)	Westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, base of the Blue Angels flight team	Pensacola	45%
PA	Lenape: "Punkwsutenay" (town of little sandflies)	Its resident groundhog "Phil" predicts the advent of spring or continuation of winter	Punxsutawney	45%
AL	Koasati "tasquiqui" (warriors)	Home of a historic "Institute" and its famous "Airmen"	Tuskegee	45%
MI	Ottawa: "Bwandiag" (the name of an Ottawan war chief	Former site of General Motors plants, namesake of a "Silverdome" and a GM companion brand	Pontiac	41%
WA	Walawalałáma: same as language ("many waters")	Alliterative name with the state with a namesake river; close to the Oregon border	Walla Walla	41%
UT	Paiute: "moapa" (mosquitoes)	Site of both Arches and Canyonlands National Parks	Moab	38%
PA	Lenape: "nekwti ahtəne" (single mountain)	Same name as the Mountain that gives Penn State its mascot	Nittany	38%
NY	Mohawk: "tekontaró:ken" ("it is at the junction of two waterways")	Namesake of a famous Revolutionary War fort, now also a pencil brand	Ticonderoga	38%
RI	Algonquin: (Name is same as city): ("at the falls in the river [tidal stream]")	Fourth-largest RI city; home to Slater Mill, a symbol of the Industrial Revolution; names the Family Guy brewery	Pawtucket	34%
AL	Muscogee: "italua" (town), and "atigi" (at the end, on the border)	South of a town with a namesake "Superspeedway" which inspired a 2006 racing film	Talladega	34%
ME	Micmac: "qalipu" (snow shoveler)	Named after a horned animal	Caribou	31%
OR	Kalapuyan/Clackamas: "Wallamt" (still water)	Shares its name with a namesake River, National Forest, and Valley in the Pacific Northwest	Willamette	31%
NC	Algonquin: (there is less vegetation)	Shares its name with a Cape and Inlet in the Outer Banks, along with a famous Lighthouse	Hatteras	28%
NM	(Name and language are same as city): ("(place of) red willows")	Home to a namesake "Pueblo," the northernmost in the state, having been occupied for nearly 1000 years	Taos	28%
CA	Miwok/Pomo/Suisin(?): (valley of the moon" / "many moons"	Bay area wine city with namesake "International Film Festival"	Sonoma	17%