Arkansas的词源

英文词源

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organized as a U.S. territory 1819 (admitted as a state 1836), named for the Arkansas River, which was named for a Siouan tribe.
The spelling of the term represents a French plural, Arcansas, of a name applied to the Quapaw people who lived on the Arkansas River; their name was also written in early times as Akancea, Acansea, Acansa (Dickinson, 1995). This was not the name used by the Quapaws themselves, however. The term /akansa/ was applied to them by Algonquian speakers; this consists of /a-/, an Algonquian prefix found in the names of ethnic groups, plus /kká:ze, a Siouan term refering to members of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan family. This stem is also the origin for the name of the Kansa tribe and of the state of Kansas; thus the placenames Arkansas and Kansas indirectly have the same origin. [William Bright, "Native American Placenames of the United States," 2004]

中文词源

Arkansas:阿肯色州

阿肯色州地处密西西比河的下游,而在密西西比河的上游,曾经有个十分强大的印第安人部落——苏族人。苏族人的语言里,对居住在下游的那些小部落的称呼就是Arkansas,直译过来是“南风吹来之处的居民”。

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