That would explain a lot about the 'tude...
If you are going to complain about
a football team name, you’re going to
have to change some state names too.
Alabama - Alibamu (local tribe)
Alaska - Alut name for “Great Land”
Arizona - O’odham Indian word for “little spring”
Arkansas - From the Quapaw Indians
Connecticutt - From an Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning “beside the long tidal river”
Illinois - Algonquin for “tribe of superior men”
Indiana - Meaning “land of Indians”
Iowa - Ioway Indian tribe
Kansas - Sioux word meaning “people of the south wind”
Kentucky - Iroquoian word “Ken-tah-ten” meaning “land of tomorrow”
Massachusetts - Massachusett tribe of Native Americans, meaning “at or about the great hill”
Michigan - Indian word “Michigana” meaning “great or large lake”
Mimmesota - Dakota Indian word meaning “sky-tinted water”
Mississippi - Indian word meaning “Father of Waters”
Missouri - Missouri Indian tribe
Nebraska - Oto Indian word meaning “flat water”
New Mexico - Mexico, “place of Mexitli,” an Aztec god or leader
North (and South) Dakota - From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”
Ohio - Iroquoian word meaning “great river”
Oklahoma - From two Choctaw Indian words meaning “red people”
Tennessee - Cherokee origin Tenasi tribe
Texas - Indian word meaning “friends”
Utah - Ute tribe, meaning “people of the mountains”
Wyoming - Delaware Indian word, meaning “mountains and valleys alternating
That would explain a lot about the 'tude...
— Great list——Oklahoma is probably next.
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Hey, don’t pick on Alabama....we’re pretty darned proud of being from Alabama.....Roll Tide Roll (oops, is that racist?)