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This article '''lists the various etymologies (origins) of the names of rivers''' around the world.
==Africa==
*[[Apies River|Apies]]: from [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]] meaning "little apes".
*[[Berg River|Berg]]: from [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]] meaning "mountain".
*[[Blood River|Blood]]: from the [[Battle of Blood River]], where 600 [[voortrekkers]] fought off 20,000 attacking Zulu troops. No voortrekkers were killed, but the dead Zulus (3,000 died) stained the nearby river with blood, and so the name stayed.
*[[Breede River|Breede]]: from [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]] meaning "wide".
*[[Escravos River|Escravos]]: from [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] meaning "slaves".
*[[Forcados River|Forcados]]: from [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] meaning "forked".
*[[Gamtoos River|Gamtoos]]: probably derived from a [[Khoikhoi]] clan whose name was given by early [[Dutch people|Dutch]] settlers as "Gamtousch".
*[[Komati River|Komati]]: from [[Swati language|siSwati]] meaning "cow".
*[[Liesbeek River|Liesbeek]]: named after a small river in the [[Netherlands]].
*[[Modder River|Modder]]: from [[Afrikaans]] meaning "mud".
*[[Mooi River (river, KwaZulu-Natal)|Mooi River (KwaZulu-Natal)]] and [[Mooi River (Vaal)]]: from [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]] meaning "beautiful".
*[[Niger River|Niger]]: from the [[Tuareg languages|Tuareg]] phrase ''gher n gheren'' meaning "river of rivers", shortened to ''ngher''.
*[[Nile]]: from Greek ''Neilos'' (Νεῖλος), sometimes derived from the Semitic Nahal "river."
*[[Nossob River|Nossob]]: from [[Khoikhoi]] meaning "black river".
*[[Ohlanga River|Ohlanga]]: from [[Zulu language|Zulu]] meaning "reed".
*[[Olifants River (Limpopo)|Olifants]]: from [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]] meaning "elephants".
*[[Omi Osun]]: from [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]] meaning "waters of the spirit-goddess [[Oshun|Ọṣun]]".
*[[Orange River|Orange]]: from [[Afrikaans]] "Oranje", meaning Orange, which was named after [[William V, Prince of Orange]].
*[[Palala River|Palala]]: from [[Northern Sotho language|Sotho]] meaning "one that inundates".
*[[Vaal River|Vaal]]: from [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]] meaning "dull".
==Antarctica==
*[[Alph River]]: name is from the opening passage in [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]'s poem, [[Kubla Khan]]<ref>[[Alph River]]</ref>
*[[Onyx River]]: so named because of the relationship of the 15th, 14th, 25th and 24th letters of the alphabet in Onyx<ref>[http://tea.armadaproject.org/weiss/1.25.2003.html Antarctic Explorers]</ref>{{clarify|date=April 2017}}
==Asia==
*[[Amur River|Amur]]: [[Mongolian language|Mongolian]] "rest"
*[[Angara River|Angara]]: [[Buryat language|Buryat]] ''angarkhai'' "the mouth of a wild beast"
*[[Arvand/Shatt al-Arab|Aravand-rud]]: Persian "fast river"
*[[Brahmaputra]]: [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] "son of Brahma"
*[[Chao Phraya River|Chao Phraya]]: [[Thai language|Thai]] เจ้าพระยา "river of kings"
*[[Dongjiang River|Dongjiang]]: Chinese "east river" (東江)
*[[Ganges]]: [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] ''Ganga''
*[[Indus River]]: [[Sanskrit]] ''Sindhu'' generically means "river, stream, ocean"<ref>[[Indus#History]]</ref>
*[[Jordan River]]: [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] ''Yarden'', [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ''Urdunn'' from the root ''.י.ר.ד'' / ''وَرَدَ'' meaning [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%9F#Hebrew "to go down"].
*[[Mekong]]: [[Khmer language|Khmer]]: '''មេគង្គ ''Mékôngk'''''. '''មេ /mee/me/''' means mother and '''គង្គ /kʊəŋkeaʔ/Kong/''' means Ganga.
*[[Ob River|Ob]]: Komi "snow, snowdrift, place of snow"
*[[Pearl River (China)|Pearl River]]: from Chinese 珠江 ([[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]]: ''Zhu Jiang''; [[Cantonese]]: ''Zyü Gong'') named after a sandy or stony island in the middle of the river called "Sea Pearl" (now reduced to a bank in the river)
*[[Sefid River|Sefid-rud]]: [[Persian language|Persian]] "White river"
*[[Selenge River|Selenge]]: Mongolian "for swimming"
*[[Tigris River]]: Sumerian "running water"
*[[Wang Thong River|Wang Thong]]: From [[Thai language|Thai]] วังทอง, "Gold Palace"
*[[Yangtze River|Chang Jiang]]: Chinese "long river" (長江), from ''jiang'' 江 ([[Old Chinese]]: ''kˁrong''), argued to be from earlier [[Austroasiatic languages|Proto-Austroasiatic]] ''*krung'' "river"?
*[[Yellow River]] (Huang He): Chinese "yellow river" (黄河), from ''he'' 河 ([[Old Chinese]]: ''ɡˁaj''), "river"
==Europe==
{{see also|Old European hydronymy}}
*[[Aboño]]: from Celtic ''*abon-'' "river": OIr. ''ab, aub'', MW ''afon'', MBret ''auon'', (PIE: *h<sub>2</sub>ep-h<sub>3</sub>on- "river").
*[[Argeş River|Argeş]]: from [[Greek language|Greek]] or maybe [[Thracian language|Thracian]] ''arges'' = "bright"
*[[River Avon (disambiguation)|Avon]]: from Celtic ''*abon-'' "river": OIr. ''ab, aub'', MW ''afon'', MBret ''auon'', (PIE: *h<sub>2</sub>ep-h<sub>3</sub>on- "river").
*[[River Avonbeg|Avonbeg]]: Irish meaning "small river"
*[[River Avonmore|Avonmore]]: Irish meaning "big river"
*[[River Awbeg|Awbeg]]: Irish meaning "small river"
*[[Bistrița River (Siret)|Bistriţa]]: from [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] ''bistra'' = "fast, quick"
*[[Bosna (river)|Bosna]]: likely from the [[Illyrian languages|Illyrian]] ''Bosona'' = "flowing water". Eponymous of [[Bosnia (region)|Bosnia]].
*[[River Boyne|Boyne]]: from Irish river goddess Boann, "white cow"
*[[River Cam|Cam]]: from Celtic ''kambo'' "bend, cocked", Brythonic ''cam'' "crooked"
*[[Caraş River|Caraş]]: from [[Turkish language|Turkish]] ''kara'' = "black", "dark"
*[[Newry River|Clanrye]]: Irish meaning "harbour of the king"
*[[River Clwyd|Clwyd]]: [[Welsh language|Welsh]] meaning "hurdle"
*[[Danube]]: [[Latin]] ''Danuvius'', [[Dacian language|Dacian]]: ''Donaris'', from [[Iranian languages|Iranian]] ([[Scythian]] or [[Sarmatian]]) ''dānu-'' "river", of [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] origin
*[[Dnieper]]: from [[Old East Slavic language|Old East Slavic]] {{lang|orv|Дънѣпръ}} (''Dŭněprŭ''), with further origins disputed
*[[Dvina (disambiguation)|Dvina]]: from Estonian ''väin'', large and slowly flowing river
*[[Dobra (Sella)|Dobra]]: from Celtic ''*dubro'' "dark": MIr. ''dobur'' "black, unclean", MW ''dwfr'' "water", MBret. ''dour'' (PIE *deub<sup>h</sup>-).
*[[Drave]]: in Latin ''Dravus'', of Thracian or Illyrian origin, probably from PIE *dhreu = "to flow, to fall".
*[[River Don, Aberdeenshire|Don]] ([[Aberdeenshire]], Scotland): from [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] ''Devona'' "goddess"
*[[Emajõgi]]: [[Estonian language|Estonian]] meaning "mother river"
*[[River Erne|Erne]]: Irish after the name of the mythical princess, ''Éirne''
*[[River Foyle|Foyle]]: Irish meaning "estuary of the lip"
*[[Guadalquivir]]: from [[Arabic]] ''wadi al-kabir'', or "great river"
*[[River Hayle|Hayle]]: from [[Cornish language|Cornish]] ''Heyl'' "estuary"
*[[Ialomiţa River|Ialomiţa]]: Slavic ''jalov'' "infertile"
*[[Kemijoki]]: from Old Finnish ''kemi'', "meadowland" <ref>https://www.kirjastot.fi/kysy/mista-tulee-sana-kemi-se?language_content_entity=fi</ref>
*[[Kymi river|Kymijoki]]: from Old Finnish ''kymi'' = "huge river"
*[[River Lagan|Lagan]]: Irish meaning "river of the low-lying district"
*[[Llobregat]]: from [[Latin]] ''Rubricatus'' or "red river"
*[[River Mersey|Mersey]]: [[Old English|Anglo-Saxon]] meaning "boundary river"
*[[Narva River|Narva]]: [[Veps language|Veps]] after "rapid" or "falls"
*[[Prahova River|Prahova]]: Slavic ''prag'' = "waterfall" or ''prah'' = "dust"
*[[River Quoile|Quoile]]: Irish meaning "the narrow"
*[[Rhine]]: from the archaic German ''Rhine'', which in turn comes from [[Middle High German]]: ''Rin'', from the [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] root *''reie-'' ("to flow, run").<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=rhein&searchmode=none Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref>
**The [[Reno River|Reno]] in Italy shares the same etymology.
*[[River Severn|Severn]]: Latin ''Sabrina'' from an Old British river goddess of that name, becoming ''Hafren'' in modern Welsh
*[[River Shannon|Shannon]]: Irish ''Sionann'', name of a river goddess, Old Irish ''Sinann'', from ''sen'' "old, ancient"<ref>{{cite web|last=Beck|first=Noémie|title=Irish River-Goddesses: Drowning and Wisdom|url=http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/getpart.php?id=lyon2.2009.beck_n&part=159207|work=Goddesses in Celtic Religion|publisher=Université Lumière Lyon 2|accessdate=4 February 2014|year=2009}}</ref>
*[[Siret River|Siret]]: from ancient Thracian ''Seretos'', probably from PIE *sreu = "to flow"
*[[River Slaney|Slaney]]: Irish meaning "river of health"
*[[River Tay|Tay]]: [[Celtic mythology|Celtic]] river goddess ''Tawa'' (Tava, Tatha, "the silent one")<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ANzPDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22river+tay%22+celtic&pg=PA12 | title=Adam Ferguson and Ethical Integrity: The Man and His Prescriptions for the Moral Life| isbn=9781498504584| last1=Hill| first1=Jack A.| date=3 January 2017| publisher=Lexington Books}}</ref>
*[[Tambre (river)|Tambre]]: From ''Tamaris'' with the same root that ''Tamar''.
*[[River Thames|Thames]]: Latin ''Tamesis'' from Brythonic meaning "dark river"
**The [[River Thame|Thame]] and [[River Tamar|Tamar]], and probably the three rivers called [[River Tame (disambiguation)|Tame]], have a similar etymological root
*[[River Tyne, England|Tyne]]: Brythonic meaning "river"
*[[Torne (Finnish and Swedish river)|Torne]]: After a watchtower (''tornet'' in Swedish, ''torni'' in Finnish) at the river mouth where the town [[Tornio]] is today.<ref>http://www.salakirjat.net/files/muinais-tiedustuksia_pohjanperilta_1_ala-tornio.html</ref>
*[[Tagus]]: Old Indo-European *(s)tag- ("to drip", "to flow slowly").
*[[Volga]]: [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] влага ''vlaga'', волога ''vologa'' meaning "wetness", "humidity";<ref name="autogenerated1">[[Volga river#Nomenclature]]</ref> alternatively, [[Proto-Uralic]] *valki- "white";<ref name="autogenerated1" /> alternatively, Russian ''velikij'' "great"<ref>Room, Adrian (2006). Placenames of the World. McFarland</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M1JIPAN-eJ4C&dq=volga+river+western+russia&pg=PA398 | title=Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for 6,600 Countries, Cities, Territories, Natural Features, and Historic Sites| isbn=9780786422487| last1=Room| first1=Adrian| year=2006| publisher=McFarland, Incorporated}}</ref>
*[[River Wear|Wear]]: Brythonic meaning "water"
==North America==
*[[Athabasca River|Athabasca]]: From the [[Cree language|Woods Cree]] word ''aðapaskāw'', "[where] there are plants one after another".<ref>Bright (2004:52)</ref>
*[[Bow River|Bow]]: After the reeds growing along its banks, which were used by the local Indians to make bows.
*[[Brazos River|Brazos]]: From the Spanish ''Los Brazos de Dios'', or "the arms of God". There are several different explanations for the name, all involving it being the first water to be found by desperately thirsty parties.
*[[Canadian River]]: The etymology is unclear. The name may have come from French-Canadian traders and hunters who traveled along the river, or early explorers may have thought that the river flowed into Canada.
*[[Chattahoochee River|Chattahoochee]]: from [[Creek language|Creek]] ''cato hocce'' ({{IPA|mus|tʃató hóːtʃːi|IPA}}) "marked rock".<ref>Bright (2004:89)</ref>
*[[Colorado River|Colorado]]: Spanish for "red-colored; reddish."
*[[Columbia River|Columbia]]: Named for Captain [[Robert Gray (sea-captain)|Robert Gray]]'s ship ''[[Columbia Rediviva]]'', the first to travel up the river.<ref>{{cite web |title= Captain Robert Gray explores Grays Bay and charts the mouth of Grays River in May 1792 |publisher=HistoryLink.org |url= http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?displaypage=output.cfm&file_id=5052 |accessdate= 24 July 2010}}</ref>
*[[Cumberland River|Cumberland]]: Named for [[Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland]].
*[[Delaware River|Delaware]]: After the Bay, named for [[Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr|Thomas West, Baron De la Warre]], first English colonial governor of Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Delaware |title=Delaware |publisher=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]] |accessdate=1 September 2007}}</ref>
*[[Fraser River|Fraser]]: Named for [[Simon Fraser (explorer)|Simon Fraser]], who confirmed it was a separate river from the [[Columbia River|Columbia]].
*[[Hackensack River|Hackensack]]: probably from [[Unami language|Unami Delaware]] ''ahkinkèshaki'', "place of sharp ground".<ref>Bright (2004:160)</ref>
*[[Hiwassee River|Hiwassee]]: from the [[Cherokee]] meaning "stone wall", or from an [[Eastern Algonquian languages|Eastern Algonquian language]] meaning "beyond the hill" (e.g., [[Abenaki language|Abenaki]] ''awasadenek'').<ref>Bright (2004:174)</ref>
*[[Hudson River|Hudson]]: named for Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Netherlands, who explored it in 1609.
*[[Loup River|Loup]]: French for "wolf", after the [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]] "wolf people" (Skidi band).
*[[Mackenzie River|Mackenzie]]: After [[Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander MacKenzie]], the Scots-Canadian explorer.
*[[Mississagi River|Mississagi]]: [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]] ''misi-zaagi'', "river with a wide mouth".
*[[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]: [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]] ''misi-ziibi'', "big river".<ref>Bright (2004:290)</ref>
*[[Missouri River|Missouri]]: Named for the [[Missouri tribe|Missouri Indians]], who lived along the banks. Their name comes from the [[Miami-Illinois language|Illinois]] ''mihsoori'', meaning "dugout canoe".<ref>McCafferty, Michael. 2004. ''[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_speech/v079/79.1mccafferty.html Correction: Etymology of Missouri]''. American Speech, 79.1:32</ref>
*[[Nelson River|Nelson]]: Named for Robert Nelson, a ship's master who died at the mouth of the river in 1612.
*[[Ottawa River|Ottawa]]: Named for the [[Ottawa (tribe)|Ottawa people]], a community of the [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] nation, who lived along the river until 1685.
*[[Peace River (Canada)|Peace]]: After Peace Point, the ___location of the ratification of the Treaty of the Peace.
*[[Platte River|Platte]]: French ''Rivière Plate'' ("Flat River"), a [[calque]] of the [[Chiwere language|Chiwere]] name ''ñįbraske'' ("flattened water").<ref name="Sioux">{{cite web |url=http://spot.colorado.edu/~koontz/faq/etymology.htm |title=Etymology |accessdate=28 November 2006 |author=Koontz, John |work=Siouan Languages}}</ref>
*[[Potomac River|Potomac]]: From the Patowamek tribe noted by [[Captain John Smith]].<ref>Bright (2004:396)</ref>
*[[Republican River|Republican]]: Named for the [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]] band known as "the Republicans".
*[[Rio Grande]]: Spanish for "big river".
*[[Saint Lawrence River|Saint-Laurent]]: French for [[Saint Lawrence]].
*[[Saskatchewan River|Saskatchewan]]: From the Cree term Cree ''kisiskāciwani-sīpiy'', meaning "swift flowing river".
*[[Schuylkill River|Schuylkill]]: from the [[Dutch language|Dutch]] ''schuil'' and ''kil'', meaning "hidden river".
*[[Snake River]]: Derived from an S-shaped gesture the [[Shoshone]] made with their hands to represent swimming salmon. Explorers misinterpreted it to represent a snake, giving the river its present-day name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rivers.gov/wsr-snake.html |title=Snake River (Hells Canyon) |publisher=National Wild and Scenic Rivers Program |accessdate=24 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610064227/http://www.rivers.gov/wsr-snake.html |archivedate=10 June 2010 }}</ref>
*[[Stanislaus River|Stanislaus]]: named after [[Estanislao]]
*[[Susquehanna River|Susquehanna]]: Named after the [[Susquehannock]] Indians, whose name derives from an Algonquian word meaning "people at the falls", "roily water people",<ref>Bright (2004:466)</ref> or "muddy current".<ref>Kelton, Dwight H. (1888). ''Indian Names of Places Near the Great Lakes''. Detroit, MI: Detroit Free Press Printing Company</ref>
*[[Tennessee River|Tennessee]]: Named for the [[Cherokee]] town of [[Tanasi]], whose etymology is unknown.<ref>Bright (2004:488)</ref>
*[[Wabash River|Wabash]]: English spelling of French ''Ouabache'', from [[Miami-Illinois language|Miami-Illinois]] ''waapaahšiiki'', "it shines white".<ref>Bright (2004:537)</ref>
*[[Yukon River|Yukon]]: from an [[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan language]] (e.g., [[Koyukon language|Koyukon]] ''yookkene'', [[Lower Tanana language|Lower Tanana]] ''yookuna'').<ref>Bright (2004:583)</ref>
==Oceania==
===Australia===
*[[Barwon River (New South Wales)]]: Ngiyampaa ''paawan'', meaning "river"
*[[Burnett River]]: named by James Burnett, explorer
*[[Campaspe River]]: named for [[Campaspe]], a mistress of [[Alexander the Great]]
*[[Cooper Creek]]: named for [[Charles Cooper (judge)|Charles Cooper]], Chief Justice of South Australia 1856–1861
*[[Daintree River]]: named for [[Richard Daintree]], geologist
*[[Daly River (Northern Territory)|Daly River]]: named for Sir [[Dominick Daly]], Governor of South Australia 1862–1868
*[[Darling River]]: named for Sir [[Ralph Darling]], Governor of [[New South Wales]] 1825–1831
*[[Diamantina River]]: named for Lady [[Diamantina Bowen]], wife of the first Governor of [[Queensland]]
*[[Flinders River]]: named for Captain [[Matthew Flinders]], explorer
*[[Franklin River]]: named for Sir [[John Franklin]], Governor of [[Tasmania]] 1836–1843
*[[Gascoyne River]]: named for Captain J. Gascoyne, friend of explorer Lieutenant [[George Grey]]
*[[Goulburn River (New South Wales)]]: named for [[Henry Goulburn]], English statesman
*[[Hawkesbury River]]: named for [[Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool]] (titled Baron Hawkesbury in 1789)
*[[Lachlan River]]: named for Major-General [[Lachlan Macquarie]], Governor of [[New South Wales]] 1810–1821
*[[Macquarie River]]: named for Major-General [[Lachlan Macquarie]], Governor of [[New South Wales]] 1810–1821
*[[Murray River]]: named for Sir [[George Murray (British Army officer)|George Murray]], then British [[Secretary of State for War and the Colonies]]<ref>[[Murray River#Exploration]]</ref>
*[[Murrumbidgee River]]: from [[Wiradjuri]], meaning "big water"
*[[Ord River]]: named for [[Harry Ord]], Governor of Western Australia 1877–1880
*[[River Torrens]]: named for [[Colonel Robert Torrens]], chairman of South Australia's colonising commission
*[[Rufus River]]: named by explorer [[Charles Sturt]] for the nickname of his travelling companion (Rufus), the red-haired [[George Macleay]]
*[[Todd River]]: named for [[Charles Todd (astronomer)|Charles Todd]], Postmaster-General of South Australia 1870–1901
*[[Yarra River]]: mistranslation from [[Wurundjeri]] term ''yarra yarra''
=== New Zealand ===
*[[Manawatū River]]: from [[Māori language|Māori]], meaning "heart stood still"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmaor0000reed/page/48/mode/2up | title=A dictionary of Māori place names | date=27 February 1982 }}</ref> or "heart stumble"<ref>https://teara.govt.nz/en/manawatu-and-horowhenua-places/page-6 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
*[[Rakaia River]]: from [[Māori language|Māori]], meaning the place where people were arranged by ranks<ref>{{cite web|title=Rakaia River|url=https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/ti-kouka-whenua/rakaia-river/|publisher=[[Christchurch City Libraries]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Rakaia River|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/rakaia-river|author=George Leslie Wickenden|editor=A. H. McLintock|encyclopedia=[[Te Ara]]|date=1966}}</ref>
*[[Waikato River]]: from [[Māori language|Māori]], meaning "flowing water".<ref>{{cite web|title=Waikato River|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/waikato-river|author=A. H. McLintock|date=1966|access-date=2023-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Waikato: A History of New Zealand's Greatest River|publisher=[[Stuff.co.nz]]|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/103425883/the-waikato-a-history-of-new-zealands-greatest-river}}</ref>
*[[Waimakariri River]]: from [[Māori language|Māori]], meaning "cold water"<ref>https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/waimakariri-river {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
==South America==
*[[Amazon River]]: Derived from Greek, after the [[Amazons]], or from [[Tupi language|Tupi]] ''Amassona'', meaning "boat destroyer"<ref>[http://www.1902encyclopedia.com/A/AMA/amazon.html Amazon River]</ref><ref>[[Amazon Rainforest#Etymology]]</ref>
*[[Río Calle-Calle]]: Derived from [[Mapudungun]] for the plant ''[[Libertia chilensis]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.museodeniebla.gob.cl/643/w3-propertyvalue-42964.html?_noredirect=1|title=Historia|access-date=2021-04-01|website=Museo de Sitio Castillo de Niebla|publisher=Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural|language=es|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804005645/https://www.museodeniebla.gob.cl/643/w3-propertyvalue-42964.html?_noredirect=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Cochrane River|Río Cochrane]]: after [[Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald|Lord Cochrane]] who served in the [[Chilean Navy]]
*[[Futaleufú River|Río Futaleufú]]: [[Mapudungun]] for "big river"
*[[Ibáñez River|Río Ibañez]]: after [[Carlos Ibáñez del Campo]] former president of Chile
*[[Río Imperial]]: after the old city of [[Carahue]], formerly known as Imperial.
*[[Orinoco]]: derived from the Warao term for "a place to paddle", itself derived from the terms ''güiri'' ("paddle") and ''noko'' ("place") i.e. a navigable place.<ref>[[Orinoco#Etymology]]</ref>
*[[Paraná River]]: [[Guarani language|Guarani]] "Copious River"<ref>[http://www.iguassu-misted-falls-vacation.com/places-to-visit-in-paraguay.html Places to visit in Paraguay when visiting Iguassu Falls] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412051012/http://www.iguassu-misted-falls-vacation.com/places-to-visit-in-paraguay.html |date=12 April 2008 }}</ref>
*[[Río de la Plata]]: Spanish for "Silver River"
*[[Rio Roosevelt]] (sometimes [[Rio Teodoro]]): after [[Theodore Roosevelt]]
*[[Río Valdivia]]: after the Spanish [[conquistador]] of Chile [[Pedro de Valdivia]]
==See also==
* [[Hydronymy]]
* [[Lists of etymologies]]
* [[Toponomy]]
==References==
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==Bibliography==
*Bright, William (2004). ''Native American Place Names of the United States''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press
* Blažek, Václav, and Ondřej Šefčík. "Oronyms Derived from Water? ''Mons Abnobae'' and ''Haraitī''". ''Historische Sprachforschung'' [Historical Linguistics] 124 (2011): 239–49. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41553574.
* Hamp, Eric P. ""Water" in Italic and Keltic". In: ''Etudes Celtiques'', vol. 12, fascicule 2, 1970. pp. 547–550. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3406/ecelt.1970.1436 ; www.persee.fr/doc/ecelt_0373-1928_1970_num_12_2_1436
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