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US State Names with Native American Origins

We give you the language and the generally accepted English translation, you name the state it refers to.
* ambiguous, vague, disputed
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Last updated: November 10, 2021
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Language
Meaning
Answer
Choctaw
"to clear"
Alabama
Aleut (+Russian)
"the mainland"
Alaska
O'odham*
"having a little spring"
Arizona
Miami-Illinois
autonym to describe the Quapaw people
Arkansas
Mahican*
"at the long tidal river"
Connecticut
Plains Apache*
"enemy"
Idaho
Miami (+French)*
"s/he speaks normally"
Illinois
Dakota (+French)
"land of the Ioway"
Iowa
Miami-Illinois
autonym to describe the Quapaw people
Kansas
Iroquois
"at the meadow"
Kentucky
Algonquian*
"near the small big mountain"
Massachusetts
Ottowa
"big water"
Michigan
Dakota
"turbid water"
Minnesota
Language
Meaning
Answer
Anishinaabe*
"big river"
Mississippi
Miami-Illinois
"dugout canoe"
Missouri
Chiwere
"flattened water"
Nebraska
Sioux
"friend" or "ally"
North Dakota
Seneca
"beautiful river"
Ohio
Choctaw
"Indian Territory"
Oklahoma
Sioux
"friend" or "ally"
South Dakota
Cherokee
named for the "Tanasi" village
Tennessee
Caddo
"friend"
Texas
Western Apache
"high up"
Utah
Miami-Illinois*
"it lies red"
Wisconsin
Lenape
"at the big river flat"
Wyoming
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Level 66
Feb 6, 2023
A very interesting quiz! Where did you find this information?
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Level 74
Aug 30, 2023
Interesting quiz. I would lean toward making this a yellow box quiz so you can't just guess the name of every state without reading the clues.