Arkansas

英美['ɑk?ns?]

暢通詞匯

阿肯色州地處密西西比河的下游，而在密西西比河的上游，曾經有個十分強大的印第安人部落——蘇族人。蘇族人的語言里，對居住在下游的那些小部落的稱呼就是Arkansas，直譯過來是“南風吹來之處的居民”。

Arkansas: organized as a U.S. territory 1819 (admitted as a state 1836), named for the Arkansas River, which was named for a Siouan tribe.
The spelling of the term represents a French plural, Arcansas, of a name applied to the Quapaw people who lived on the Arkansas River; their name was also written in early times as Akancea, Acansea, Acansa (Dickinson, 1995). This was not the name used by the Quapaws themselves, however. The term /akansa/ was applied to them by Algonquian speakers; this consists of /a-/, an Algonquian prefix found in the names of ethnic groups, plus /kká:ze, a Siouan term refering to members of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan family. This stem is also the origin for the name of the Kansa tribe and of the state of Kansas; thus the placenames Arkansas and Kansas indirectly have the same origin. [William Bright, "Native American Placenames of the United States," 2004]

1. Arkansas has seen a 70 % decline in its numbers since 1967.: 自1967年以來,這種鳥兒的數量在阿肯薩州已經減少了70%.

2. In 1964, impatient with Arkansas backward image, he challenged Faubus for governor.: 1964年, 他對阿肯色州的落后形象失去耐心, 開始挑戰福伯斯,競選州長.

3. Bill Clinton returned to Arkansas after completing law school.: 完成了法學院的學業,比爾?克林頓回到阿肯色.

4. Native Americans , known as bluff dwellers, first lived in Arkansas.: 被認為是會虛張聲勢的美國原住民, 一開始就是住在阿肯色.

5. The front of the fridge Cheryl Jackson's kitchen in Clarksville, Arkansas.: 阿肯色州克拉克斯維爾的謝麗爾·杰克遜的廚房冰箱一瞥.