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It was originally spelled Akamesa when native Indians lived here. Through miscommunications and writing that was not legible from European explorers, the name eventually became Arkansas. Kind of like when you play a game as a kid and there is a group of people and one person whispers a phrase/word in the ear of the person next to them and that person whispers the work next to them and it keeps going and the last person ends up with a word/phrase completely different from the original.

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