UNITED STATES FACTS: Origins of the Names of U.S. States Alabama – Indian for tribal town, later a tribe (Alabamas or Alibamons) of the Creek confederacy. 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… Continue reading Names of U.S. States