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Tellico Village Street Names and Meanings

The following information is from Dr. Duane H. King, Assistant Director, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution.

I have added some information to the list of existing street names. Please note that the town names for which no phonetic spellings were given were misidentified in English. The English offered for Chatuga, Chota and Toqua are suggested motifs consistent with the theme of the street names. For example, all the names in the Toqua community are related to water or water creatures. The Cherokee myth which is equivalent to the Jonah and the Whale story supposedly took place in the Little Tennessee River near Toqua.

Similarly other myths, motifs and themes are associated with the other communities (Chota-the Giant Hawks and Chatuga-the White Deer Spirit). The name Chatuga refers to a rock outcropping. Chatuga was an 18th century town near present day Tellico Plains. Chota, which was the capital between 1753-1788, is the anglicized version of li-tso-di-yil which means "Fire Place," in reference to the sacred fire maintained at the Chota Council House. Toqua is also a town name and the name of a legendary giant fish which lived in the river near the town site. In the translation of the Bible the word 'whale' is given as Toqua. The etymology of Sequoyah is from the words si-kwa "pig" and -yi "foot" perhaps in reference to a noticeable limp or club foot Sequoyah is said to have had. Although he devised the Cherokee writing system, he was not a chief.

The selection on the short list is a departure from the practice of using Cherokee names for streets and eliminates the uniqueness and distinction that Tellico Village has had for its communities and street names. Only two are recognizable as Cherokee. Inola is a Cherokee surname meaning "Black Fox." Tanasi is a town name and was the capital of the Cherokee Nation between 1721-1730. The word is probably of Muskhogean origin. Town names before have been reserved for communities at Tellico Village.

The following listing, originally provided by Dr. King, has been updated by the Tellico Village HomeOwners Association. Kahite street names meanings were researched by Bonnie Kuchaes.

*Note: In the listing below, TSI pronounced more like "ch" or "j" in the Eastern Cherokee Band.

Tellico Village Street Names and Meanings

Street Name

Agoli Agowa Alichanoska Ama Amega Amohi Atasi Atsila Atoka

Awohili Bokoshe

Caddo Canaly Catoosa Cayuga Chahyga Chaloni Chanusi Chatuga Checotah Cheeskogili Cheestana Cheeyo Chickasaw Chippewa Chogi Choowa Chota

Chuniloti Cimmaron Coweta Coyatee

Daksi Daleyuhski Daloga Depew

Neighborhood

Toqua Greens Chota Shores Chota Hills Tommotley Shores Toqua Coves Toqua Coves Kahite Kahite Tanasi Hills

Chota Hills Chatuga Point Courts Tanasi Lagoon Tommotley Shores Tanasi Point Tommotley Shores Chota Hills Chota Shores Toqua Point Chatuga Point Chota View Courts Toqua Shores Toqua Shores Chatuga Coves Tommotley Coves Tommotley Greens Toqua Coves Toqua Greens Chota Hills Chota Landing Chota Shores Chota View Toqua Shores Chota View Courts Coyatee Shores Coyatee Shores Coyatee Coves Coyatee Point Toqua Point Toqua Hills Chota Shores Tanasi Shores

Pronunciation

a-go-li a-ko-wa a-li-cha-no-ska ah-mah a-me-ka a-mo-hi ah-tah-see aht-ee-lah

awa'-hi-li

cha-hy-ga tsa-lo-ni tsa-nu-si tsa-tu-ga chi-sko-gi-li chi-sta-na' chee-yo

cho-gi choo-wa tsa-tiyi

chu-ni-lo-te

dak-si da-le-yuh-ski ta-lo-ka

Origin

Cherokee, meaning "sun perch" Cherokee, meaning "sandpiper" Cherokee, meaning "indigo bunting" salt or water Cherokee, meaning "creek" Cherokee, meaning "water place" young girl fire Derived from the Choctaw "hitoka," meaning "ball ground" Cherokee, meaning "eagle" Choctaw, meaning "little creek"

Cherokee, meaning "blue jay" Cherokee, meaning "kingfisher" Cherokee, meaning "leech" Cherokee, meaning "rock outcrop"

Cherokee, meaning "red crayfish" Cherokee, meaning "green crayfish" Cherokee, meaning "otter"

Cherokee, meaning "upstream" Cherokee, meaning "mudpuppy" Cherokee, meaning "fire place"

Cherokee, meaning "rainbow trout"

Cherokee, meaning "terrapin" Cherokee, meaning "spotted salamander" Cherokee, meaning "rain raven" Surname, not Cherokee

Street Name

Didodi Dilegwa Doostoo Doya Dudala Dudi Duya Edata Eladi Elohi Elokwa Erick Etsi* Eufaula Gado Gadusi Ganega Geya Gigi Gogeyi Gohi Golanvyi Goweli Gusti Hanani Hiawassee Higoliya Hiwonihi Huron Igoti Inagehi Inata Inola Iriquois Itawa Kahite Kanati Kanoonoo Kawatuska Kawga Kawonu Kenosha Keota Kiowa Kiyuga Kolana Konawa Kuni

Neighborhood Pronunciation

Origin

Kahite Chota View Courts Toqua Point Chatuga Coves Mialaquo Coves Kahite Kahite Kahite Kahite Mialaquo Point Toqua Coves Tanasi Shores Kahite Tommotley Greens Mialaquo Coves Mialaquo Coves Kahite Toqua Point Chota Woods Kahite Kahite Kahite Kahite Tommotley Shores Kahite Chota Shores Kahite Kahite Tommotley Greens Mialaquo Point Mialaquo Coves Toqua Shores Tanasi Shores Tommotley Shores Kahite Kahite Kahite Toqua Point Toqua Hills Chota Hills Chota Shores Tanasi Greens Tanasi Shores Tanasi Shores Chatuga Point Chota Hills Tanasi Shores Kahite

dee-doh-dee

du-stu do-ya du-dah-lah doo-dee doo-yah ae-dah-tah ae-lah-dee e-lo-hi e-lo-kwa

aet-ee

ga-do ga-du-si gah-nay-gah ge-ya ki-ki go-gay-yee go-hee go-lan-uh-yee go-way-lee

hah-nah-nee

hee-go-lee-yah hee-wo-nee-hee

i-go-di in-na-ge-hi i-na-ta

ee-tah-wah KA-EE-TEE kah-nah-tee kha-nu-nu kha-wa-do-ska ka-ga' kha-wo-nu ku-n'shu

khi-yi-ga ko-la-nu

koo-nee

spoon

Cherokee, meaning "spring frog" Cherokee, meaning "beaver" Cherokee, meaning "mountains" snowbird (chickadee) bean father low down or by foot Cherokee, meaning "earth" Cherokee, meaning "snail" Male given name, not Cherokee Mother.

Cherokee, meaning "ground" Cherokee, meaning "hill" skin or pelt Cherokee, meaning "downstream" Cherokee, meaning "sparrow hawk" summer today raven cove paper or book

place, over there

read talk

Cherokee, meaning "prairie" Cherokee, meaning "wilderness" Cherokee, meaning "snake" Cherokee surname meaning "black fox:

hightower or traveler Run them off first man or great hunter Cherokee, meaning "bullfrog" Cherokee, meaning "dripping water" Cherokee, meaning "crow" Cherokee, meaning "duck" Native American, but not Cherokee; pike Choctaw, meaning, "no kindling wood" Plains tribe, now in SW Oklahoma Cherokee, meaning "chipmunk" Cherokee, meaning "raven" Seminole, meaning "string of beads" turkey or plain

Street Name

Mialaquo Miami Mingo

Mohawk Naduli

Nicoma Niwodihi Nowata Noya Nuhya Nunnehi Nunyu Odali Ogana Oglehili Okema Okmulgee Oktana Oligi Oneida Oogookoo Oohleeno Ookedailya Ooligila Oonoga Oonolehi Oostagala Oostanali Ootsima Osage Ottawa

Owasso Paoli Piute Pocola Poteau Quapaw Saligugi Saloli Santee Sasa Seminole Seneca Sequoyah

Neighborhood

Mialaquo Coves Tommotley Coves Tanasi Shores

Tommotley Shores Kahite

Tanasi Shores Kahite Tanasi Hills Mialaquo Point Mialaquo Point Kahite Kahite Mialaquo Point Chatuga Point Toqua Greens Coyatee Coves Tanasi Point Tanasi Lagoon Toqua Hills Tommotley Coves Chota Toqua Point Mialaquo Point Mialaquo Point Toqua Coves Mialaquo Point Mialaquo Point Toqua Hills Chota Hills Coyatee Coves Tanasi Hills

Tanasi Greens Toqua Greens Tanasi Coves Tanasi Hills Chota View Tanasi Point Toqua Point Chatuga Coves Tommotley Coves Chota Woods Coyatee Coves Tommotley Shores Tanasi Shores

Pronunciation

Origin

mee-a-la-kwa

Cherokee, meaning "big island"

Daniel Boone's sidekick in TV series, played by Ed Ames; also an 18th century term referring to mixedIroquois

nah-doo-lee

nee-wo-dee-hee

no-ya nu-ya noo-nay-hee noon-yah o-dal-i o-ga-na

unaduli-they want nodali-valley or holler Choctaw paint the town Delaware, meaning "welcome" Cherokee, meaning "sand" Cherokee, meaning "rock" little people potato Cherokee, meaning "overhill" Cherokee, meaning "groundhog"

ol-li-gi

u-gu-kou uh-li-no u-khe-ta-li-ya u-lo-gi-la u-no-ga u-no-le-hi u-sta-ga-la u-st a-na-li oot-si-ma

/tw/

Cherokee, meaning "red horse (a fish)"

Cherokee, meaning "hoot owl" Cherokee, meaning "soft-shelled turtle" Cherokee, meaning "valley" Cherokee, meaning "cloud" Cherokee, meaning "big mouth bass" Cherokee, meaning "wind" Cherokee, meaning "cavern" Cherokee, meaning "shoals" Cherokee, meaning "catbird"

Capital of Canada, the name is from an Algonquian tribe

sa-li-gu-gi sa-lo-li sah-sa

si-kwa-yi

Choctaw, meaning "ten miles to town"

Cherokee, meaning "mud turtle" Cherokee, meaning "squirrel" Cherokee, meaning "goose"

Cherokee, meaning "pig's foot"

Street Name

Shawnee Sikwa Sioux Skiatook Spavinaw Sunali Tahlequah

Talah Tanasi

Tecumseh Tigitsi Todaly Tommotley Tooweka Toqua

Tsuhdatsi Tuhdegwa Tuscarora Uhdali Unole Utsesti Vinita Wadulisi Wahuhu Walela Walelu Walosi Wapiti

Washita Wataga Waynoka Wesa Wewoka

Yona

Neighborhood

Coyatee Coves Kahite Coyatee Coves Coyatee Hills Tommotley Coves Tanasi Shores Tanasi Greens

Toqua Greens Tanasi Coves Tanasi Lagoon Tanasi Point

Tanasi Coves Toqua Point Tanasi Shores Tommotley Coves Toqua Shores Toqua Point Toqua Greens Chatuga Point Toqua Shores Tommotley Shores Toqua Greens Kahite Kahite Tanasi Greens Kahite Chota Woods Chota Hills Kahite Toqua Point Tanasi Hills

Tommotley Shores Chota Hills Tanasi Coves Kahite Tanasi Greens

Chatuga Coves

Pronunciation

see-qua

pig

Origin

TAL--kwah

ta-la

ti-gi-chi

tu-we-kha to-kwa tsu-da-tsi tuh-deg-wa u-ta-li oo-no-lay u-tse-sti

wa-hu-hu wa-le-la wa-lo-si

wosh'i-t?" wa-ta-ga

yo-na

Cherokee, meaning "just two," or "two is enough"; also a city in Oklahoma, the capital of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and the Cherokee Nation; see Cherokee, meaning "rain frog" A town name, capital of the Cherokee Nation from 1721-1730; probably of Muskhogean origin;"Tanasi" is also the word from which the name "Tennessee" was derived; see

Cherokee, meaning "tadpole"

Cherokee, meaning "salamander" Cherokee, meaning "fish"

Cherokee, meaning "mountain lion' Cherokee, meaning "eel"

Cherokee, meaning "pond" wind or storm Cherokee, meaning "opossum"

Cherokee, meaning "screech owl" Cherokee, meaning "hummingbird"

Cherokee, meaning "toad" not Cherokee; a large light brown or grayish-brown North American deer A former North American Indian tribe Cherokee, meaning "gold finch"

Seminole, barking waters; a town in Oklahoma, formerly the capital of the Seminole Nation Cherokee, meaning "black bear"

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