ʻAʻole ia he mea kupanaha no ka loaʻaʻana o nā inoaʻo Arkansas i nā inoa paʻakikī e'ōlelo. ʻO nā haole Pelekane mua ma Arkansas he poʻe Farani, a ua hoʻololi lākou i nā hua'ōleloʻAmelika he mau inoa i hoʻohanaʻia i kēia mau lā. ʻO kekahi o nā inoa, e like me Little Rock (ʻo La Petite Roche ), ua Anglicised. Eia naʻe, he nui nā inoa e pili ana i ka moku'āina a hiki i ka French,ʻAmelikaʻAmelika (he nui nāʻohanaʻo Arkansas: He kūlana maʻamauʻo Quapaw a me Caddo) aiʻole i kahi hui o nā meaʻelua.
Ma muli o kēiaʻano pilikino likeʻole o ka origina, nui nā inoa o ka Moku'āinaʻo Arkansas,ʻo ia hoʻi ka inoa o ka moku'āina, i'ōleloʻia i nāʻano e hōʻeuʻeu i ka'ōlelo Pelekānia maʻamau.
ʻO ka inoa o ka moku'āina he hui o ka French a me ka poʻeʻAmelika. Mai ka'ōlelo Quapawʻo Arkansas, "Akansea." Hoʻokomo hou ka'ōlelo Pelekane i ka S i ka hopena o keʻano likeʻole.
Arkansas (AR-can-SAW) - Aia kahi moʻolelo kaona o ke kūlanakauhaleʻo ia he kānāwai kānāwai e kūkala pono iā Arkansas. ʻAʻole ia he kānāwai, akā ke'ōlelo nei ke kāʻei'āina'āina:
Pono e hoʻopukaʻia maʻekolu (3) syllables, me ka pane hope loa, ka "a" ma kēlā me kēia hua'ōlelo me ka leo Italian, a me ka'ōlelo ma nā'ōlelo mua a me nā hope. ʻO ka'ōlelo'ōlelo me ka leo o ka syllableʻelua me ka leo o "a" ma "kanaka" a me ka hoʻokaniʻana o ka "s" terminal he mea hou ia e hoʻohaʻahaʻaʻia.
ʻO Benton (BEEN-ʻumi) -ʻO Benton kahi kūlanakauhale ma Central Arkansas. Ke waihoʻoe i Benton, ke'ōlelo neiʻoe he pololei.
Cantrell (can-TRUL) -ʻO Cantrell he alanui ma Little Rock. 'Ōlelo nā poʻe o waho i ka "Can-trell" like trellis.
ʻO Chenal (SH-nall) -ʻO Chenal he alanui a me kahi kokoke i Little Rock. ʻO Shin-ell ka mea i lohe pinepineʻia i kēia inoa, he mea liʻiliʻi loa ia mai ka inoa mai o Shinnall Mountains ma ia wahi.
Ua makemake nā mea hoʻomohala e hoʻonui i ka French, no laila ua hoʻololi lākou i ka hua'ōlelo.
ʻO Chicot (Chee-co) -ʻO Chicot he loko, kekahi mau alanui, a he mākele'āina. He hua'ōleloʻAmelika maoli ia, a he leoʻole ka T.
Crowley's Ridge (CROW - lees) - He nūnū ka honua a Crowley's Ridge a he mākele'āina i loaʻa ma Northeast Arkansas. ʻO ka'ōlelo hoʻopuka ka lobata. Ua'ōlelo nā kānaka o ka'āina i ka inoa o ka manu (ʻo ia ka CRAWL-ees).
Houke (Foke) - Hiki i nā'ōpili me ka haumia. Ke kaulana nei kēia kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi no ka nānāʻana i Bigfoot, akā he mea leʻaleʻa ka inoa i ka loheʻana o nā kānaka.
Kanis (KAY-nis) -ʻO Kanis kahi alanui'ē aʻe ma Little Rock. Hiki i nā kānaka o waho ke'ōlelo e like me ka loli o ka soda ma kahi o ka leta K.
Maumelle (MAW-kāne) - Maumelle kahi kūlanakauhale kokoke i Rock Rock. Ua'ōleloʻia nā pālua e like me "maikaʻi," aʻo kaʻe e wahaheʻe, e like me ka'ōlelo Farani.
Monticello (mont-of-SELL-oh) - Ua kapa pahaʻo Thomas Jefferson iā ia "mon-ti-chel-oh," akāʻo ka mokuʻo Arkansas e'ōlelo nei i kēia me ke kani.
Ouachita (WASH-a-taw) - Ouachita ke kahawai, muliwai a me ke kuahiwi ma Arkansas. He'āina maoliʻoʻAmelika. Ma Oklahoma, kahi i noho pū ai kaʻohana, ua Anglicized lākou i ka hua'ōlelo iā Washita. E pale aku paha i ka "Oh-sheet-a" i ho'āʻo ma ka'ōleloʻana aku iā'Ouachita e hanaʻia ma Arkansas.
ʻO Petit Jean (Petty Jean) -ʻO Petit Jean he mauna a he moʻolelo e pili ana i ka moʻoleloʻo Arkansas. Hoʻohui pinepineʻiaʻo ia e like me ka "liʻiliʻi Farani". ʻO ia paha ke ala pololei, akā,ʻaʻoleʻo ia keʻano o kā mākou'ōleloʻana maʻaneʻi.
ʻO Quapaw (QUAW-paw) -ʻO Quapaw ka inoa o kahi lāhuiʻAmelika maoli i nohoʻia ma Arkansas. Aia ma Downtown Little Rock kahi māhele kaulana i kapaʻiaʻo Quapaw Quarter .
ʻO Rodney Parham (Rod-KNEE Pāpā-UM) -ʻO kēia alanui ma Little Rock e hoʻokipaʻia e nā poʻe o waho. 'Ōlelo lākou iā Par-HAM. ʻAʻole he ham i Parham, akā hiki ke loaʻa nā haleʻaina maikaʻi e lawelawe ana i ka ham i laila.
Saline (SUH-lean) - Saline ka moku a me ka muliwai i Central Arkansas. Nui nā mea e ho'ākāka e like me nā haʻina saline: SAY-lean. ʻO nā'ōlelo'Anakans mai ka county mai keʻano,'ōlelo ka'ōlelo mua o ka syllable haʻahaʻa, i like me ka huh.