There's probably a few meanings for some of them. I noticed Arizona has quite a few on that page. Spanish "Arid zone" makes the most sense to me though, considering it's a desert state.
It's probably especially true for the states that have names of Native origin though, considering many of these languages have been lost or influenced by others we probably can't be sure what a lot of the names mean.
It's probably especially true for the states that have names of Native origin though, considering many of these languages have been lost or influenced by others we probably can't be sure what a lot of the names mean.
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"Ironically like the nativist far-Right, which despises multiculturalism, but benefits from its ideas of difference to scapegoat the other and to promote its own white identity politics; these postmodernists, leftists, feminists and liberals also use multiculturalism, to side with the oppressor, by demanding respect and tolerance for oppression characterised as 'difference', no matter how intolerable." - Maryam Namazie
"Ironically like the nativist far-Right, which despises multiculturalism, but benefits from its ideas of difference to scapegoat the other and to promote its own white identity politics; these postmodernists, leftists, feminists and liberals also use multiculturalism, to side with the oppressor, by demanding respect and tolerance for oppression characterised as 'difference', no matter how intolerable." - Maryam Namazie