Arkansas
Arkansas is a state in the south central region of the United States. Its name is from the Osage language, of Siouan derivation; it denoted their related kin, the Quapaw people. The Mississippi River forms most of Arkansas’s eastern border, except in Clay and Greene counties, where the St. Francis River forms the western boundary. The state is home to the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, the nation’s oldest public university.
About Arkansas in brief
Arkansas is a state in the south central region of the United States. Its name is from the Osage language, of Siouan derivation; it denoted their related kin, the Quapaw people. The capital and most populous city is Little Rock, located in the central portion of the state. Arkansas is the 29th largest by area and the 33rd most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Notable people from the state include politician and educational advocate William Fulbright; former president Bill Clinton; general Wesley Clark; Walmart founder and magnate Sam Walton; singer-songwriters Johnny Cash, Charlie Rich, Jimmy Driftwood, and Glen Campbell; actor-filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton; poet C. D. Wright; and physicist William L. McMillan, who was a pioneer in superconductor research. The Mississippi River forms most of Arkansas’s eastern border, except in Clay and Greene counties, where the St. Francis River forms the western boundary. The state borders the southwest, southwest, Oklahoma to the west, west, Missouri to the north, and Tennessee to the east and Mississippi to the south. The United States Census Bureau classifies Arkansas as a southern state, among the sub-categorized among the South Central States, among many places in Missouri, Kansas, and Missouri that are considered to be “Arkansas” states. The name Arkansas was initially applied to the Arkansas River.
It derives from a French term, Arcansas, their plural term for their transliteration of akansa, an Algonquian term for the Quapsaw people, who settled in Arkansas around the 13th century. In 2007, the state legislature passed a non-binding resolution declaring that the state’s name is ar-k-z-saw, which has been followed by the government ever since. In 1881, the official pronunciation of Arkansas as having the final \”s\” be silent. A dispute had arisen between the state’s two senators over the pronunciation issue. One favored pronunciation as ˈɑːrkɐ AR-n-saw while the other favored ɐrˈæsæn ar-K-z’n- saw. In the 2007 2007 resolution, Arkansas’s legislature declared that the final “s’” be silent, which is the pronunciation of the word “Arkansas.” The state is home to the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, the nation’s oldest public university. It is also home to Arkansas State University, which was founded in 1858. Arkansas was admitted to the Union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836. In 1861, Arkansas seceded from United States and joined the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. On returning to Union in 1868, Arkansas continued to suffer due to its reliance on the large-scale plantation economy. In the 21st century, its economy is based on service industries, aircraft, poultry, steel, and tourism.
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