Invented/Industrial
Indianapolis
Indiana (IN)est. 1821pop. 879,293/in-dee-uh-NAP-uh-lis/
The meaning
“City of Indiana”
How it got the name
Jeremiah Sullivan bolted the Greek polis onto 'Indiana' in 1821. Critics called it a monstrosity — one legislator said it sounded like a disease. Indiana itself is a Latinate coinage meaning 'land of the Indians,' a name applied to the territory long before the state existed.