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Featured list: List of U.S. state name etymologies |
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- ^ "Alabama: The State Name". Alabama Department of Archives and History. http://www.archives.state.al.us/statenam.html. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
- ^ Bright (2004:29)
- ^ Ransom, J. Ellis. 1940. Derivation of the Word ‘Alaska’. American Anthropologist n.s., 42: pp. 550-551
- ^ Thompson, Clay (2007-02-25). "A sorry state of affairs when views change". Arizona Republic. http://www.azcentral.com/news/columns/articles/0225clay0225.html. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
- ^ Jim Turner. "How Arizona did NOT Get its Name". Arizona Historical Society. http://arizonaoddities.com/2009/05/how-did-arizona-get-its-name/. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
- ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Arizona
- ^ a b Bright (2004:47)
- ^ Rankin, Robert. 2005. "Quapaw". In Native Languages of the Southeastern United States, eds. Heather K. Hardy and Janine Scancarelli. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, pg. 492
- ^ "Arkansas". Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2006. Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. http://www.webcitation.org/5kwsyG4Bp. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
- ^ To appear. "Arkansas" in the Oxford English Dictionary
- ^ "California". Mavens' Word of the Day. 2000-04-26. http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20000426. Retrieved 2006-11-28.