[DOC] [TLE] How 17 Great American Cities Got Their Names | Mental Floss [PAR] Aug 24, 2010 ... This Minnesota city gets its name from two languages. ... word mni for "water" with 
the Greek word polis for "city" to get a name that paid tribute to the town's lakes. ... 
that their site had been a Native American settlement centuries earlier. .... 
supplies were coming, thus the place was called Newport's News. [DOC] [TLE] Minneapolis - Wikipedia [PAR] The name Minneapolis is attributed to Charles Hoag, the city's first schoolteacher, 
who combined mni, a Dakota Sioux word for water, and polis, the Greek word... [DOC] [TLE] Minneapolis - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [PAR] St. Paul and Minneapolis are called the Twin Cities because they are right next to 
each other. Minneapolis is the biggest city in Minnesota with about 392,000 
people. ... It comes from the Dakota Indian word for "laughing waters" or Min-ne 
ha-ha and ... Summers are humid, meaning a lot of water is in the air, so it feels 
very... [DOC] [TLE] St Paul Minnesota Profile and Resource Guide, City or community of ... [PAR] The name combined "minne," an Indian word for water, with "polis," the Greek 
word for city. After the Civil War, Minneapolis became the larger of the cities with
... [DOC] [TLE] THE NAMING OF NORTH AMERICA - Manataka American Indian ... [PAR] Seattle is the largest city in the Americas named for a Native American. .... Some 
are names that describe the land or the water. ... The name Texas comes from the 
Caddoan word for "friend" or "ally. ... Most of the great rivers of North America still 
have Indian names, such as the Mississippi, Ohio, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri,... [DOC] [TLE] Native American State Names - Native language [PAR] List of US states whose names come from Native American Indian languages, 
with their ... This tribal name may have come from the word albina, which means 
... Literally the name means "cloudy water. ... source of the Mississippi River in 
Minnesota, which is where the river got its name, ... It literally means "city of the 
Aztecs. [DOC] [TLE] 11 Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Minneapolis | PlanetWare [PAR] The city's name comes from the Indian word minne, meaning water, and the ... 
Address: 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404-3506, United States
... [DOC] [TLE] Minneapolis, Minn.: Population, Weather, Demographics, Facts ... [PAR] Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota and the seat of Hennepin County, is 
located in ... visited the future site of Minneapolis and gave the Falls of St. 
Anthony their name. Lt. Zebulon Pike made a treaty with the Sioux Indians in 
18051806, ... of the Dakota Sioux word minna, for water, and the Greek word 
polis, for city. [DOC] [TLE] State name meanings - Business Insider [PAR] Oct 24, 2015 ... They mostly come from Native American languages. ... And India comes from the 
same Latin word, from the same Greek word, ... Minnesota: Named for the river, 
from Dakota (Siouan) mnisota, ... New Hampshire: Named for the county of 
Hampshire in England, which was named for city of Southampton. [DOC] [TLE] Minnehaha Creek to Lake Harriet | Saint Paul Minnesota Road Bike ... [PAR] Minneapolis, whose name combines the Indian word for "water" with the Greek 
word for "city" (polis), had origins as a sawmill and flour mill for the soldiers at... [DOC] [TLE] origin of certain place names - USGS Publications Warehouse [PAR] and all names of Indian origin have been verified and corrected by officers of this 
... revision of the complete list of Minnesota county names. Franklin L. ..... 
Abingdon; city in Knox County, Illinois, named from Abingdon, Maryland, the .... A 
Spanish word meaning "sweet water." ... A Greek word meaning "summit" or "
peak.". [DOC] [TLE] Why do some midwest cities have indian names and

Question: The name of this Minnesota city comes from an Indian word for "water" & the Greek word for "city"
Answer: Minneapolis