List of North Carolina placenames of Native American origin

The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of North Carolina whose names are derived from Native American languages.

Counties

 * Alamance County
 * Alleghany County
 * Catawba County
 * Catawba
 * Catawba River
 * South Fork Catawba River
 * Cherokee County – named after the Cherokee people.
 * Town of Cherokee
 * Chowan County
 * Currituck County
 * Pamlico County
 * Pasquotank County
 * Pasquotank River
 * Perquimans County
 * Perquimans River
 * Watauga County
 * Watauga River
 * Yadkin County
 * Yadkinville
 * Yadkin College
 * Yadkin River
 * South Yadkin River
 * Little Yadkin River

Settlements

 * Ahoskie
 * Arapahoe
 * Bogue
 * Bolivia
 * Burgaw
 * Coinjock
 * Cullowhee
 * Etowah
 * Hatteras
 * Hatteras Inlet
 * Hatteras Island
 * Hiwassee
 * Township of Hiawassee
 * Hiwassee River
 * Hiwassee Reservoir
 * Hobucken
 * Lake Toxaway
 * Lake Toxaway
 * Manteo
 * Neuse Forest
 * Neuse River
 * Ocracoke
 * Ocracoke Inlet
 * Ocracoke Island
 * Roanoke Island
 * Roanoke River
 * Roanoke Canal
 * Sauratown Mountains
 * Saxapahaw
 * Swannanoa
 * Wakulla
 * Wanchese
 * Waxhaw

Bodies of water

 * Aycock Creek
 * Aycock Swamp
 * Calabash River
 * Chattooga River
 * Chatuge Lake
 * Chatuge Dam
 * Cheoah River
 * Chinquapin Branch
 * Little Chinquapin Branch
 * Chocowinity
 * Chocowinity Bay
 * Chowan River
 * Cohooque Creek
 * Contentnea Creek
 * Little Contentnea Creek
 * Cullasaja River
 * Donoho Creek
 * Eno River
 * Great Coharie Creek
 * Little Coharie Creek
 * Hyco River
 * Hyco Creek
 * South Hyco Creek
 * Hyco Lake
 * Lake Mattamuskeet
 * Lake Santeetlah
 * Lake Tahoma
 * Lake Waccamaw
 * Little Tennessee River
 * Meherrin River
 * Moccasin Creek
 * Moccasin Creek (Contentnea Creek tributary)
 * Mocassin Run
 * Nahunta Swamp
 * Nantahala Lake
 * Nantahala River
 * Nantahala National Forest
 * Southern Nantahala Wilderness
 * Nolichucky River
 * Nottely River
 * North Pacolet River
 * Nottoway River
 * Oconaluftee River
 * Pamlico River
 * Pamlico Sound
 * Pocoson Branch
 * Pocoson Branch (Trent River tributary)
 * Possum Swamp
 * Possumquarter Creek
 * Potecasi Creek
 * Raccoon Branch
 * West Prong Raccoon Creek
 * Saponi Creek
 * Sapony Creek
 * Little Sapony Creek
 * Scuppernong River
 * Seneca Branch
 * Shaddox Creek
 * Little Shaddox Creek
 * Shocco Creek
 * Little Shocco Creek
 * Swannanoa River
 * Tallulah River
 * Tellico River
 * Tuckahoe Creek
 * Tuckasegee River
 * Uwharrie River
 * Little Uwharrie River
 * Waccamaw River
 * Wiccacon River

Other

 * Bogue Banks