One of the best examples of how we got Native Americans all wrong is Cahokia, a massive Native American city located in modern day East St. Louis. In 1250, it was bigger than London, and featured a sophisticated society with an urban center, satellite villages and thatched-roof houses lining the central plazas.
The name Melba is of English origin. The meaning of Melba is mill stream. Melba is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables and is pronounced Mel-ba.
Elba [el-ba] as a girls' name. Diminutive of Elberta. Also a place name: a small island off the coast of Italy, the site of Napoleon's first exile. The Elbe is an important river in Germany and the Czech Republic. ASSOCIATED WITH small (little), river.