Monday, October 6, 2025

NATIVE AMERICA PREDATES EUROPEAN COLONIZATION BY CENTURIES

Special to El Rrun-Rrun

Many U.S. states carry Native American names. Look at some of the states and the meanings of their names. They are listed in alphabetical order.

1. Alabama: Named after the Alabama, or Alibamu tribe, a Muskogean-speaking tribe. Sources are split between the meanings 'clearers of the thicket' or 'herb gatherers'.

2. Alaska: Named after the Aleut word "alaxsxaq", which means "the mainland"

3. Arizona: Named after the O'odham word "alĭ ṣonak", meaning "small spring"

4. Connecticut: Named after the Mohican word "quonehtacut", meaning "place of long tidal river"

5. Hawaii: Is an original word in the Hawaiian language meaning "homeland"

6. Illinois: Named after the Illinois word "illiniwek", meaning "men"

7. Iowa: Named after the Ioway tribe, whose name means "gray snow"

8. Kansas: Named after the Kansa tribe, whose name means "south wind people"

9. Kentucky: Origins are unclear, it may have been named after the Iroquoian word "Kentake", meaning "on the meadow"

10. Massachusetts: Named after the Algonquin word "Massadchu-es-et," meaning "great-hill-small-place,”

11. Michigan: From the Chippewa word "Michigama", meaning "large lake"

12. Minnesota: Named after the Dakota Indian word “Minisota” meaning “white water.”

13. Mississippi: Named after the river which was named by the Choctaw, meaning “Great water” or “Father of Waters.”

14. Missouri: Named after the Missouri tribe whose name means "those who have dugout canoes.


 

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did native Americans know what the word TONTO meant when they tuned into see The Lone Ranger?

Anonymous said...


15. TEJAS - meaning "We have a governor in a wheelchair"

Anonymous said...

Why are you soiling the word "friendly" while referencing Abbott?

Anonymous said...

Yes and they were conquered. What’s your point?

Anonymous said...

We had had a beloved Democrat President during the Great Depression and most of World War 2 that was in a wheel chair.

Anonymous said...

So who won the war? To the victors belong the spoils of war, somebody once said. The left can't grasp that concept.

Anonymous said...

Listen Injun...you got your ass handed to you; the spoils of war go to the victor...now get back on the fucking reservation where you belong. I’ll send you a complimentary case of Fire Water! Bawhahaha. Oh, your squaw sister is hot!

Anonymous said...

May God damn you, you imbecile.

Anonymous said...

Even though he uses a wheelchair, he continues to govern well. Many companies are relocating to this state for a good reason. Only a loser would make fun of a person with a disability. This shows how far the Democratic Party has fallen.

Anonymous said...

They will grasp the concept once it shoved up their ass.

Anonymous said...

🤷‍♂️, they want participation trophies 🏆.

Anonymous said...

10:16. MAGA intellectual at work. 🤓

Anonymous said...

You are one sick puppy. Bawhahaha!

Anonymous said...

The Victor gets nothing. The glory goes to the conquered that survived annihilation..

Anonymous said...

8:57 The glory goes to drunk Indians...LOL moron!

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