City names

[Quebec Gen]

Hi,
have you ever wondered what meant a particular city name? Here a just a few examples :

Bâton Rouge, LA = Red Stick

Belle Chasse, LA = great hunt

Belle Rose, LA = nice rose

Bois d'Arc, MO = wood from an arch

Bon Air, AL = Good air

Bon Secour, AL = Great Help (Secours takes an S in French)

Bonne Terre, MO = Good earth

Castor, LA = Beaver

Citronelle, AL = Lemon Grass

Cœur d'Alene = Heart of Awl

Dauphin Island, AL = Dolphin Island

Des Allemands, LA = ...of the Germans

Grosse Tête, LA = Big Head

Maringouin, LA = Mosquito

Mer Rouge, LA = Red Ocean

Nez Percé (Indians) = Pierced Nose

Paradis, LA = Paradise

Pointe à la hache, LA = Peak of a hachet

Vacherie, LA = insult or french expression meaning sh...t

Ville Platte = flat city or boring city (Platte takes one T
in French)

If you want to submit some cities to be translated, go ahead, it might be interesting!

Gen:o)

[kristy]

I have to include my hometown Spokane=Children of the Sun

[Robert Schaller]

Ajo: garlic

Chinle: "Where the water comes out."

Bidahochi: "Red streaks on rocks"

Nazlini: "water streams come together"

Chilchinbito: "a spring, where there are good berries"

Teec Nos Pos: "Cottonwood trees in a circle"

Tsegi: "canyon" (Canyon de Chelly is derived from this word)

Tsaile: "Flowing water and rock, where the water goes in" (Tsaile is at the head of Canyon de Chelly, Chinle is at its mouth).

Tucson: a black-rock spring

Ajo is Spanish, Tucson is probably derived from a Papago word, and all the other words are Navajo and are places on the Navajo Nation.