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What State got its name because of the Indians that lived there?
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Iowa
There are actually several states which got their names from the Indians. In fact, it is believed that at least twenty seven names are from the Indians. Those states are Alaska, Connecticut, Arizona, Wyoming, Massachusetts, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Tennessee, both of the Dakotas, Kentucky, Kansas, Delaware, Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Texas, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota and Oklahoma (which means land of the red man),Nebraska, Utah, Oregon, Idaho, Alabama, and New Mexico.
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