Nebraska的词源

英文词源

Nebraska

U.S. territory organized 1854, admitted as a state 1867, from a native Siouan name for the Platte River, either Omaha ni braska or Oto ni brathge, both literally "water flat." The modern river name is from French rivière platte, which means "flat river." Related: Nebraskan.

Bug eaters, a term applied derisively to the inhabitants of Nebraska by travellers on account of the poverty-stricken appearance of many parts of the State. If one living there were to refuse to eat bugs, he would, like Polonius, soon be "not where he eats but where he is eaten." [Walsh, 1892]

中文词源

Nebraska：内布拉斯加州

Nebraska，又译奈布拉斯卡州。出自奥马哈语的Nibthaska一词，字面意思为“到处漫延的河流”。内布拉斯加位于美国中部大平原，地势一马平川，河流在那里会形成曲流（Meandering），到处流淌。

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