I sure hope we dont have to change these names....but I wouldnt want to offend anyone......Okay, so I lied....I could care less whether or not these words or others are offending anyone. I think our society has become WAY too sensitive with this political correctness crap. I want Burger King to change the name of their burger and no longer call it the Whopper. It tends to have ethnic slur origins...ie: WOP, Dago, to be of Italian decent used as a slur against ones heritage. To be or the Italian heritage it to be a Whopper. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Alabama: may come from Choctaw meaning thicket-clearers or vegetation-gatherers. Alaska: corruption of Aleut word meaning great land or that which the sea breaks against. Arizona: from the Indian Arizonac, meaning little spring or young spring. Arkansas: from the Quapaw Indians. Chicago (Illinois): Algonquian for garlic field. Chesapeake (bay): Algonquian name of a village. 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 (state and river): from an Indian word meaning Father of Waters. Malibu (California): believed to come from the Chumash Indians. Manhattan (New York): Algonquian, believed to mean isolated thing in water. Milwaukee (Wisconsin): Algonquian, believed to mean a good spot or place. Missouri: named after the Missouri Indian tribe. Missouri means town of the large canoes. Narragansett (Rhode Island): named after the Indian tribe. Nebraska: from an Oto Indian word meaning flat water. Niagara (falls): named after an Iroquoian town, Ongiaahra. 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. Pensacola (Florida): Choctaw for hair and people. Roanoke (Virginia): Algonquian for shell money (Indian tribes often used shells that were made into beads called wampum, as money). Saratoga (New York): believed to be Mohawk for springs (of water) from the hillside. South Dakota: from the Sioux tribe, meaning allies. Sunapee (lake in New Hampshire): Pennacook for rocky pond. Tahoe (lake in California/Nevada): Washo for big water. 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; the same as the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:10:26 +0000
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