Filipino: topographic name denoting someone who lived near a body of water, from a Hispanicized form of danaw 'lake, pond, lagoon', a word found in various languages of the Philippines.

A rivulet is a small stream. A rivulet is to a river as a baby is to an adult. There are several ways to remember this word. One is the similarity of its sound to "river." Another is the suffix -let, which indicates small things.

: an elongated crest or a linear series of crests. a wave with a long crest line. the crest line of the mountains.

The name "Hiawassee" comes from the Cherokee word Ayuhwasi, which means "meadow". Hiawassee is the only incorporated municipality in Towns County. Hiawassee is an Appalachian Trail Community and a recognized Tree City USA by the.