Native American Place Names in New Hampshire
Common Languages: Abenaki, Nipmuc, Pennacook
- Amonoosuc River ('manosek) - Western Abenaki for "fishing place."
- Amoskeag Falls (namaskik) - Western Abenaki for "at the fish land."
- Contoocook River (nikn tekw ok) - Abenaki for "to or from the head or first branch of the river."
- Grand Monadnock (minoria denak) - Abenaki for "the bare or smooth mountain."
- Kearsarge (g'wizawajo) - Western Abenaki for "rough mountain."
- Massabesic Lake (massa nbes ek) - Abenaki for "to the great pond."
- Merrimack River (mol dema) - Abenaki for "deep water or river."
- Mt. Pisgah (pisga) - Abenaki for "dark."
- Nashua (niswa) - Abenaki for "two."
- Newichwannock River (n'wijonoanek) also known today as Salmon River - Abenaki for the "long rapids and falls."
- Piscataqua River (pesgatak was) - Abenaki for "the water looks dark."
- Pemigewasset River (pamijoassek) - Abenaki for "the river having its course through here."
- Saco (soko) is Abenaki for "towards the south" - (msoakwtegw) Western Abenaki for "dry wood river."
- Sunapee Lake (seninebi) - Abenaki for "rock or mountain water."
- Suncook River (seni kok) - Abenaki for "to the rocks."
- Umbagog Lake (w'mbagwog) - Abenaki for "to the clear water lake."
- Winichahanat (wiwnijoanek) also known as Dover - Abenaki for "the place where the water flows around it."
- Lake Winnipesaukee (wiwninbesaki) is Abenaki for "the lake between or around land or islands.
- Souhegan River (zawhigen) is Western Abenaki for "a coming out place
- Kodaak wadso: (Abenaki) "summit of the highest mountain" Mount Washington
Native American Place Names in Maine
Common languages: Northern: Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy
Southern: Abenaki, Norridgewock, Pennacook, Penobscot
Southern: Abenaki, Norridgewock, Pennacook, Penobscot
- Allagash River (and town): (Abenaki) "bark shelter"
- Androscoggin River: (Abenaki) "place where fish are dried/cured"
- Aroostook River: (Mi'kmaq) "beautiful river"
- Aziscohos Lake: (Abenaki) "small pine trees"
- Caribou: (Abenaki) kalibu "shoveler" (gets food by pawing or shoveling)
- Casco Bay: (Mi'kmaq) muddy
- Chebeague Island: (Abenaki) "separated place"
- Chemquasabamticook Lake: (Abenaki) "where there is a large lake and a river"
- Chesuncook Lake: (Abenaki) "at the principal outlet"
- Chiputneticook Lakes: (Abenaki) "at the place of the big hill stream"
- Cobscook Bay: (Maliseet) "rocks under water"
- Cobbosseecontee Lake: (Abenaki) "many sturgeon"
- Damariscotta (and lake and river}: (Abenaki) "many alewives"
- Katahdin: (Abenaki) "the principal mountain"
- Kennebago Lake: (Abenaki) "long/large pond/lake"
- Kennebec River: (Abenaki) "long quiet water"
- Kennebunk (and river): (Abenaki) "long sand bar"
- Madawaska River: (Mi'kmaq) "where one river joins another"
- Matagamon: (Abenaki) "far on the other side"
- Matinicus Island: (Abenaki) "far-out island"
- Mattamiscontis Lake: (Abenaki) "many ale-wives"
- Mattawamkeag River (and town): (Abenaki) "fishing beyond gravel bar" or (Mi'kmaq) "on a sand bar"
- Metinic Island: (Abenaki) "far-out island"
- Millinocket (and lake): (Abenaki) "this place is admirable"
- Molunkus Pond (and stream): (Abenaki) "ravine"
- Monhegan Island: (Mi'kmaq or Maliseet) "out-to-sea island"
- Mooselookmeguntic Lake: (Abenaki) "moose feeding place" (portage to or big trees at)
- Muscongus Bay: (Abenaki) "many/large rock ledges"
- Musquash Lake: (Abenaki) "muskrat"
- Musquacook River (and lake): (Abenaki) "muskrat place"
- Nahmakanta Lake: (Abenaki) "many fish"
- Nollesemic (and lake): (Abenaki) "resting place at the falls"
- Ogunquit: (Mi'kmaq) "lagoons within dunes"
- Orono: (Abenaki) purportedly from a Chief Joseph Orono, no translation
- Ossipee River: (Abenaki) "beyond the water"
- Oquossoc: (Abenaki) "place of trout" (a certain trout-type)
- Passadumkeag: (Abenaki) "rapids over gravel beds"
- Passamaquoddy Bay: tribal name; "place of abundance of pollack"
- Pemadumcook Lake: (Maliseet) "extended sand bar place"
- Pemaquid: (Mi'kmaq) "extended land" (peninsula)
- Penobscot River: (Abenaki?) tribal name; "place of descending rocks/ledges"
- Piscataqua River (NH border): (Pennacook) "the place where the river divides"
- Piscataquis River (Abenaki) "at the river branch"
- Quoddy Head (Passamaquoddy) abbreviation to "pollack"
- Saco (and river): (Abenaki) "flowing out" or "outlet"
- Sebago Lake (and town): (Abenaki) "big lake"
- Sebasticook Lake: (Penobscot-Abnaki) "almost-through place"
- Seboomook Lake (and town): (Abnaki) "at the large stream"
- Skowhegan (town): (Abenaki) "watching place [for fish]"
- Squapan Lake (and town): (Abenaki) "bear's den"
- Umcolcus Lake: (Abenaki) "whistling duck"
- Usuntabunt Lake: (Abenaki) "wet head" or possibly "three heads"
- Wassutaquook River: sp.
- Webhannet River: (Abenaki) "at the clear stream"
- Ahbaysauk: (Abenaki) "place where clams are baked/dried" Bar Harbor
- Amitgon pontook: (Abenaki) "place at the falls where fish are dried/cured" Lewiston Falls
- Machegony: (mi'kmaq) "shaped like a large knee" Portland