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State name Date first attested in original language Language of origin Word(s) in original language Meaning and notes Alabama: April 19, 1692: Choctaw/Alabama: alba amo/Albaamaha 'Thicket-clearers' [3] or 'plant-cutters', from alba, '(medicinal) plants', and amo, 'to clear'. The modern Choctaw name for the tribe is Albaamu. [4] Alaska: December ...
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
King George II Inn in Bristol, Pennsylvania, founded in 1681, the oldest United States–based inn American Scenery—the Inn on the Roadside, an 1872 portrait. Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway.
This same year, the first Missouri constitution was adopted. The following year, 1821, Missouri was admitted as the 24th state, with the state capital temporarily located in Saint Charles until a permanent capital could be built. Missouri was the first state entirely west of the Mississippi River to be admitted to the Union
The German word "Mut" means courage; thus, the name Frankenmuth means "courage of the Franconians." [52] Frankenstein: Missouri: A combination of the surname of a German pioneer named Gottfried Franken, who donated a tract of land containing a hill to the town, and the German word "Stein" which means "stone." [53] Frankfort: Indiana
Missouri Historical Review (1956) 50#3 pp 235–47. Gitlin, Jay. The bourgeois frontier: French towns, French traders, and American expansion (Yale University Press, 2009) Houck, Louis. History of Missouri, Vol. 1.: From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements until the Admission of the State into the Union (3 vol 1908) online v 1; online v2;
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Missouri (/ m ɪ ˈ z ʊər i / ⓘ mih-ZOOR-ee) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. [6] Ranking 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west.