Oklahoma的词源

英文词源

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from Choctaw, literally "red people," from okla "nation, people" + homma "red." Coined by Choctaw scholar Allen Wright, later principal chief of the Choctaw Nation, and first used in the Choctaw-Chickasaw treaty of April 28, 1866. Organized as a U.S. territory 1889; admitted as a state 1907. Related: Oklahoman.

中文词源

Oklahoma:俄克拉荷马州

Oklahoma,又译奥克拉荷马州。来自乔克托语。Okla意思是“人民”,homma意思是“红色的”,合在一起就是“红皮肤的人”。这个名字是当地的一位印第安人酋长和美国政府签署条约的时候自己起的,后来开始通用,并作为州名。

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