Kariong was once believed to mean meeting place in the local Original language.

Its name means "village by the cliff" in the Tlingit language.

The name is purported to mean "happy home" in the Choctaw language.

The name of the town means "dry river" in the Serbian language.

The older area is known as the "Carrerons" (meaning long streets in the local language).

The word means "off key" in the Japanese language, does it not?

The name reportedly means "Black water" in the aboriginal language.

It is more commonly called Toumai, meaning "hope of life" in the local language.

The name means "place of disorder" in the Xhosa language.

The name itself literally means "bamboo river" in the Malay language.