State Names

A map of the US showing what each State’s name translates to in the language it came from →

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/american-state-names-translation-map

One of the things you quickly realize when researching the history of US place names is how many of them were influenced by what American Indians called them. Which makes it even sadder that they were chased off those lands. Look, I don’t always think “might-is-right”, but I also believe progressive & change are inevitable no matter how you feel about it. So perhaps it’s actually a good thing that current names are still honoring the past, a remembrance of the original natives of those places.