Nebraska

Meaning

Proper Noun

• state in the Midwestern region of the US (country) .
• A former territory (1854–1867) of the US (country), encompassing areas of what is today Nebraska, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Colorado, and Montana .
• Several other places in the United States, named for the state or territory:
• University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Origin

• Probably from archaic Chiwere Ñí Brásge, pronounced (contemporary Ñí Bráhge), or the Omaha-Ponca Ní Btháska, pronounced , both meaning "flat water," after the Platte River that flows through the state.