I never gave it much thought..
we have native names all thru out our geography.. so I am sure it isn't the most offensive..
Oklahoma is based on Choctaw Indian words which translate as red people
South and North Dakota.. "Dakota" is the Sioux Indian word for friend.
Nebraska. The name "Nebraska" is based on an Otos Indian word meaning "flat water,"
The name Wyoming is based on an Algonquin Indian word meaning "large prairie place
What does Wisconsin mean? The name is based on the Chippewa Indian word Ouisconsin, believed to mean "grassy place."
Utah originates from an Apache Indian word (yuttahih), which means "one that is higher up.
Texas is from the Caddo Indian word "teyshas" (meaning "friends" or "allies").
Another opinion is that the name "Oregon" stems from an English army officer's proposal for a trip in 1765, in which he refers to "the River called by the Indians Ouragon."
The name Ohio originates from the Iroquois Indian word for good river. This Indian name was later translated by the French as La Belle Riviere (the Beautiful River).
Mexico is an Aztec word meaning "place of Mexitli" (an Aztec god).
The name Missouri originates from Sioux Indians of the state called the Missouris. The Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology states that Missouri means town of the large canoes.
What does the word Mississippi mean?, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe or Algonquin) name for the river, "Misi-ziibi," meaning "Great River."
The name Minnesota is based on the Dakota Sioux Indian word for sky-tinted water
The name Michigan is based on the Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" meaning great water, and refers to the Great Lake. Thirty-two counties in Michigan also have names drawn from Native American languages.
Massachusetts comes from the language of the Algonquian Indians of the Massachusetts Bay area - translated roughly as: at or about the great hill
The name Kentucky is of native American origin and has been attributed to several different Indian languages, with several different possible meanings including the Iroquois word "Ken-tah-ten," which means land of tomorrow.
Kansas comes from the Sioux Indian word for "south wind people."
Iowa comes from the Iowa River, named for the Iowa (or Ioway) Indians (a Sioux tribe).
, "Indiana" means Land of the Indians or Land of Indians.
Illinois is the French version of an Algonquin Indian word for "warriors" or "tribe of superior men."
The name Connecticut originates from the Indian word "Quinnehtukqut" (beside the long tidal river).
Colorado is of Spanish origin, meaning "colored red."
that might be the worse as they have two racial terms.. :shock: ) :lol: or it might have been foretelling of how the poor state would end up.. :?
The name Arkansas is the French interpretation of a Sioux word: acansa, meaning "downstream place."
The name Arizona is the Spanish interpretation of "arizuma," an Aztec Indian word that means "silver-bearing." It's also based on the Pima Indian word arizonac, meaning "little spring place.
Alaska is the Russian version of the Aleutian word Alakshak, which means great lands or peninsula.
- the traditional story is that Alabama comes from the Creek Indian language (meaning "tribal town"). Other sources claim it is derived from the Choctaw Indian language, translating as "thicket-clearers" or "vegetation-gatherers."
well maybe Oklahoma is the second most offensive to the natives. .. as for me I am offended by all the old English names and think they should be changed..