Well, we're going to have to change the name of the state then. If people are to be offended by the name, does it matter whether it's on the side of a school or emblazoned across the state seal? Offensive is offensive.
Heck, let's just name the states "One" through "Fifty" and be done with it.
Heck, let's just name the states "One" through "Fifty" and be done with it.
Now you're wanting to offend all the "bean counters"
of the world. :>)
This nonsense could go on and on......
The word Arizona comes from one of the following (its origin is not certain): the Aztec Indian word "arizuma," that means "silver-bearing," from the Tohono O'odham Indian word "Aleh-zone" which means "small spring," or the Pima Indian word "Ali shonak" which also means "small spring."
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/arizona/