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What is the history of Indiana's name?

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Anonymous

∙ 10y ago
Updated: 6/13/2022

Mid-18th century French explorers added the latin suffix to the word "Indian,"

which itself had been in use since the mid-16th century, as a result of the mistaken notion that America was the eastern end of Asia and that Native Americans were Indians.

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