Originally posted by Elfie
I didn't. Nebraska is also an Indian name. IIRC it means land of running water or something similar. I saw that in a vacation brochure for the state of Nebraska, it went on to say that Nebraska had more miles of rivers, creeks and streams than any other state.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0854966.htmlactually quite a few states are Indian names,
Alabama May come from Choctaw meaning “thicket-clearers” r “vegetation-gatherers”
Alaska Corruption of Aleut word meaning “great land” or “that which the sea breaks against”
Arizona Uncertain. Perhaps from the O'odham Indian word for “little spring”
Arkansas From the Quapaw Indians
Connecticut From an Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning “beside the long tidal river”
Illinois Algonquin for “tribe of superior men”
Indiana Meaning “land of Indians”
Iowa Probably from an Indian word meaning “this is the place” or “the Beautiful Land”
Kansas From a Sioux word meaning “people of the south wind”
Kentucky From an Iroquoian word “Ken-tah-ten” meaning “land of tomorrow”
Massachusetts From Massachusett tribe of Native Americans, meaning “at or about the great hill”
Michigan From Indian word “Michigana” meaning “great or large lake”
Minnesota From a Dakota Indian word meaning “sky-tinted water”
Mississippi From an Indian word meaning “Father of Waters”
Missouri Named after the Missouri Indian tribe. “Missouri” means “town of the large canoes.”
Nebraska From an Oto Indian word meaning “flat water” North Dakota From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”
Ohio From an Iroquoian word meaning “great river”
Oklahoma From two Choctaw Indian words meaning “red people” South Dakota From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”
Tennessee Of Cherokee origin; the exact meaning is unknown
Texas From an Indian word meaning “friends”
Utah From the Ute tribe, meaning “people of the mountains”
Wisconsin French corruption of an Indian word whose meaning is disputed
Wyoming From the Delaware Indian word, meaning “mountains and valleys alternating”;
