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Indiana means "Land of Indians". As a name for a person, Indiana is a girls name, and means "from India" (The reason Native Americans were referred to as Indians is because when Columbus landed on North America, he mistakenly thought he was in India.) Indiana Jones is a male character is the popular series with the same name. In those stories, "Indiana" was a nickname. In "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" Indiana's father won't call him "Indiana" because "it was the dog's name!"

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