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From: Hankins <>
Subject: [KyLeg] Origin of the state name Kentucky
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 14:12:23 -0500


Did you know that the names of over half of the states in the USA came
from Native American languages? For example, "Utah" is the Ute tribe's name
for themselves in their language - "Oklahoma" means "red people" or "home
of the red people" in the Choctaw language - "Kentucky" means "planted
field" in the Iroquois language. Washington DC, our nation's capital, is
built on the banks of a river called the "Potomac," which is a Native
American word for "where the goods are brought in."
Kim

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