摘 要: | PeoplewhovisittheUnitedStatessometimeswonderhowthestatesgottheirnames.SomeofthemostinterestingnamescamefromAmericanIndian(印第安人)languages.Forexample,IllinoiswasnamedfortheIndianswhousedto(过去常常)liveinthatpartofthecountry.Intheirlanguage,Illinoismeans"Brave(勇敢的)Men".Connecticutmeans"AttheLongRiverMouth"inthelanguageoftheIndianswhousedtolivethere.Twenty-fiveofthestateshaveIndiannames,butothernamesweretakenfromdifferentlanguages.GeorgiaandPennsyl-vaniahavenameswhichweretakenfromt…
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