Many places throughout North, Central, and South America take their names from the languages of the indigenous inhabitants of the area.
The following list, organized by country, includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from indigenous languages.
Canada itself is a name derived from a Laurentian Iroquois word meaning "village"[1][2] (c.f.
NB Too many settlements, lakes, rivers, mountains and other items in British Columbia have indigenous names for all of them to be included here.
[7] Nahuatl Placenames: Mayan Placenames: The name of Mexico is the Nahuatl name for the island in the middle of Lake Texcoco where the Aztecs had their capital, its etymology is opaque.