# List of California placenames of Native American origin

Many places throughout the U.S. state of California take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these indigenous languages.

## Listings
### Counties

* Inyo County – named after the eponymous Mono chief.
** Inyo Mountains
** Inyo Volcanic Chain
** Inyo National Forest
* Marin County – named after the eponymous Coast Miwok chief.
** Marin City
** Marin Creek
** Marin Headlands
** Marin Hills
** Marin Islands
* Modoc County – named after the Modoc people.
** Modoc National Forest
** Modoc Plateau
** Modoc Crater
* Mono County – from the Yokuts phrase monachi, meaning "those from the Sierra Nevada".
** Mono Village
** Mono Mills
** Mono Lake
* Napa County – from the Patwin phrase napo, meaning "home".
** City of Napa
** Napa River
** Napa Valley
* Shasta County – named after the Shasta people.
** Region of Shasta Cascade
** City of Shasta Lake
** City of Mount Shasta
** Village of Shasta
** Village of Little Shasta
** Mount Shasta
** Shasta Dam
** Shasta Lake
** Shasta River
* Siskiyou County – disputed origin; likely from a Chinook Jargon phrase meaning "bob-tailed horse".
** Siskiyou Mountains
** Siskiyou National Forest
* Solano County – named after the eponymous Suisun chief.
* Sonoma County – disputed origin; likely from a Pomoan phrase meaning "valley of the moon".
** City of Sonoma
** Sonoma Valley
** Sonoma Mountains
* Tehama County – from a Wintuan phrase meaning "high water".
** City of Tehama
** Mount Tehama
* Tuolumne County – disputed origin; likely from the phrase talmalamne of unknown origin, meaning "cluster of stone wigwams".
** Tuolumne City
** Tuolumne River
** Tuolumne Grove
** Tuolumne Meadows
** Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne
* Yolo County – from the Patwin phrase yo-loy, meaning "a place abounding in rushes".
** Village of Yolo

### Settlements

* Acalanes Ridge
* Aguanga
* Ahwahnee
* Alleghany
* Aptos
* Azusa – from Tongva village "Azucsagna".
* Cabazon
* Cahuenga
* Calistoga
* Camanche Village
** Camanche North Shore
* Cherokee – named after the Cherokee people.
* Cohasset
* Colma
* Concow
* Cotati
* Honcut
* Jolon
* Jurupa Valley
* Klamath River
** Named after the Klamath River
* Laguna Niguel
* Lake Shastina
* Lompoc
* Malibu – from Ventureño "Umalibu, perhaps reflecting, "it (the surf) makes a loud noise all the time over there".
* Merrimac
* Milpitas
* Mi-Wuk Village
* Napa
* New Chicago
* Nimshew
* Nipinnawasee
* Nipomo
* Ojai
* Petaluma
* Piru
* Pismo Beach – from Chumash "Pismu" for "tar".
* Point Mugu
* Port Hueneme
* Poway – from Kumeyaay language.
* Rancho Cucamonga
* Saratoga
* Saticoy
* Séc-he, Cahuilla for Palm Springs, California
* Simi Valley – from Ventureño "Simiyi".
* Sisquoc
* Sonoma
* Soquel
* Suisun City
* Tassajara Hot Springs
* Tehachapi
* Temecula – from Luiseño "Temeekunga".
* Tionesta
* Toluca Lake
* Topanga
* Tujunga
* Wyandotte
* Yucaipa
* Yeomet
* Yreka
* Zayante

### Bodies of water

* Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park – named after the Achowami people.
* Lake Cachuma
* Tahquitz Canyon and Creek, Falls, Peak, and Rock, named for Cahuilla legend Tahquitz
* Temescal Canyon, Creek, Mountains, and Valley

### Islands

* Anacapa Island

### Other

* Mojave Desert – named after the Mohave people.
* Yosemite National Park