KENTUCKY - The name "Kentucky" is widely believed to be derived from an Iroquoian word, Kenta-ke, meaning "Meadow Land" or "At
TENNESSEE - The name "Tennessee" is derived from the Cherokee village name Tanasi (or Tansi), which was located along the Little
LOUISIANA - The name "Louisiana" was claimed for King Louis XIV of France, but the land's true identity is written in the winding
MISSISSIPPI - The name "Mississippi" is a French corruption of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) word Misi-ziibi, meaning "Great River." However, the people
ARKANSAS - The name "Arkansas" is a French rendering of a Siouan word used by the Illinois people to refer to the
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