It's in Kansas, not Arkansas. Tradition says the English and French pronounced the same Native tribe differently. Through Wichita, the river is the "ar-Kansas

It's in Kansas, not Arkansas. Tradition says the English and French pronounced the same Native tribe differently. Through Wichita, the river is the "ar-Kansas River," but through Little Rock, it's the "Arkansaw." (I see some others say there are potentially two Sioux words at issue) https://www.businessinsider.com/why-we-pronounce-kansas-and-arkansas-differently-2014-2 https://www.businessinsider.com/why-we-pronounce-kansas-and-...