The Spanish-Nahuatl word literally translates as "place of the hummingbirds.

The name of the settlement can be translated as place of screaming.

The name is Basque and translates roughly as "place of many hills", reflecting the landscape of the area.

However scholars of the language translate it as 'place of strong current', which would certainly seem consistent.

Variously translated as place of stony ground or place of sharp ground.

It is generally translated as "Hoot-owl place" or "place of many owls".

The name Orchha translates literally as 'hidden place', which is an accurate description of this town set amid dhak forest.

The name Keowee is a Cherokee name roughly translated as "place of the mullberries."

'Girraween' can be translated as "place of flowers" in the Aboriginal language from which it is taken.

In other sources word "ныд" that is first component of the town name translated as "wet, swampy place".