Alternatively, the name of the town may simply mean "black burn", or "black stream".

Stryi, as a name of river is a very old name and means "stream".

Possibly it is an Indo-European word which used to mean river or stream.

It is also possible that "Kiskiminetas" means "clear, clean stream of many bends."

The river name is derived from the verb gjósa which means "stream forcefully".

It was named for the nearby creek of the same name, which in the Choctaw language means "big stream."

The name is of Celtic origin, and means "broad stream".

On the contrary, by ground is here meant a source and stream of references.

Kugaaruk means "little stream", the traditional name of the brook that flows through the hamlet.

The name probably derives from the Celtic language and means rocky stream.