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 Agua Caliente; village in Maricopa County, Arizona, and township in San Diego County, and village in Sonoma County, California, so named from the hot springs. A Spanish phrase meaning "hot water."

Agua de Vida; town and springs in Alameda County, California. A Spanish phrase meaning "water of life."

Agua Dulce; creek in Texas. A Spanish word meaning "sweet water."

Agua Fria; valley in Yavapai County, and river in Arizona, village in Mariposa County, California, and peak and village in Santa Fé County, New Mexico. A Spanish phrase meaning "cold water."

Agua Hedionda; town in San Diego County, California, named from the sulphur springs. A Spanish phrase meaning "stinking water."

Agua Tibia; town in San Diego County, California. A Spanish phrase, translated as "flute water."

Ahiki; eastern tributary of the Chattahoochee River, Georgia. An Indian word, ahi-iki, meaning "sweet potato mother."

Aiken; county, and town in same county, in South Carolina, named for William Aiken, governor of the State in 1844-1846.

Aikin; landing and swamp in Chesterfield County, Virginia, named for the late owner, Albert Aikin.

Ainsworth; town in Washington County, Iowa, named for D. H. Ainsworth, a civil engineer.

Ainsworth; station on the Union Pacific Railroad in Franklin County, Washington, named for J. C. Ainsworth, a prominent western railroad man.

Aitkin; county, and township and village in same county, in Minnesota, named for Samuel Aiken or Aitken, an old trapper and fur dealer.

Ajax; villages in Nevada and Santa Barbara counties, California, named for the Greek hero of Homer's Iliad.

Akron; town in Washington County, Colorado, and village in Erie County, New York, named from the city in Ohio.

Akron; city in Summit County, Ohio, which occupies the highest ground in the northern part of the State, and several other places so named on account of their elevation. A Greek word meaning "summit" or "peak."

Alabama; settlement in Fresno County, gulch in Inyo County, mine in Placer County, and township in Sacramento County, California, named from the State.

Alabama; State of the Union and a river in that State;

Alabama City; town in Etowah County, Alabama, named for an Indian tribe. Gatschet gives the meaning as "burnt clearing." Haines, in his "American Indian," gives "thicket clearer."

Alabaster; mount in Arkansas whose summit is composed of alabaster.

Alabaster; town in Eldorado County, California, named from the gypsum deposits in the vicinity.

Alabaster; post-office in Iosco County, Michigan, so named from its quarry of gypsum and manufactory of calcined plaster.

Alachua; county, and town in same county, in Florida. An Indian word, the meaning of which is variously interpreted as alachun savanna, "grassy, marshy plain." The name is of the Creek or Maskoki language.

Alamance; county and creek in North Carolina. The word is said to have been given by Germans, from Allamanca, who settled in the valley of the creek, which received the name first. Some authorities say it is of Indian origin.

Alameda; village in Clarke County, Alabama, county, and city in same county, in California, and town in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. A Spanish word, meaning "poplar grove," or, in the ordinary use of the word, a "promenade."

Alamitos; town in Santa Clara County, and beach in Los Angeles County, California. A Spanish word meaning "little poplars."