Kansas, named after the Native American tribe Kansa, which means "The People of the South Wind"
Alabama, Missouri, North and South Dakota were all named after Native American tribes of that area.
Kansas was named after the Kaw Nation (or Kanza). This Native American Nation's name means "People of the South wind."
Arkansas and Kansas the name "Kansas" is a Siouan Indian word. It's from the tribal name Kansa, which means "south wind people." shares the same french and native American origin as Arkansas. Look up both origin of their names.
North Dakota, South Dakota
The Native Americans who settled in the land first named it, and the word Minnesota means "Sky-tinted Water" in the Native American language.
Kansas is named for the nomadic tribe that lived in that area; the Kaw or Kanza people (People of the south wind).
Towns in South Dakota that are named for an Indian tribe include the following: Iroquois Sisseton [named for the Sisseton (or Sissetowan) division of the Native American Sioux]
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"Massachusetts" means "at or above the great hill", named by a local Native American tribe.
Various Native American tribes, notably the Lakota Sioux for whom it is named…
Ohio means beautiful river in native American and when the native Americans saw the Ohio river they called the area Ohio.