Alabama:
Choctaw word for a Chickasaw tribe. First noted in accounts of Hernando De Soto expedition.
Alaska:
Russian version of Aleutian (Eskimo) word, alakshak for "peninsula," "great lands," or "land that is not an island."
Arizona:
Spanish version of Pima Indian word for "little spring place" or Aztec arizuma, meaning "silver-bearing."
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