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With small mountain ranges, [[prairie]], and eastern forests, most of Oklahoma lies in the [[Great Plains]] and the [[U.S. Interior Highlands]]—a region especially prone to [[severe weather]].<ref name="Oklahoma Terrain"/> In addition to having a prevalence of [[Germans|German]], [[Irish people|Irish]], [[British people|British]] and [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] ancestry, more than 25 Native American languages are spoken in Oklahoma, the most of any state.<ref name="languages"/> It is located on a confluence of three major American [[cultural region]]s and historically served as a route for [[cattle drives]], a destination for southern settlers, and a government-sanctioned [[Territories of the United States|territory]] for Native Americans. Part of the [[Bible Belt]], widespread belief in [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] [[Christianity]] makes it one of the most politically [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] states, though Oklahoma has more voters registered in the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] than in any other party.<ref name="voters"/>

==EtymologyEtimologia==

Il nome Oklahoma, deriva dalle parole [[Choctaw]], ''okla homma'', che letteralmente significa "terra delle persone rosse". [[Allen Wright]] fu il primo a suggerire il nome nel [[1866]], durante i trattati con il governo federale riguardo alle sorti del [[territorio indiano]], che doveva essere totalmente controllato dagli [[Stati Uniti]]. Equivalente alla parola inglese indiano, ''okla humma'' era una parola usata dalle tribù indiane per descrivere le popolazione che vivevano nella zona. In seguito, ''Oklahoma'' divenne di fatto il nome assegnato a tutto il territorio, e venne adottato ufficialmente nel [[1890]], due anni dopo l'inizio della colonizzazione da parte dei ''bianchi''.

The name ''Oklahoma'' comes from the [[Choctaw]] phrase ''okla'' ''homma'', literally meaning ''land of the red people''. Choctaw Chief Allen Wright suggested the name in 1866 during treaty negotiations with the federal government regarding the use of [[Indian Territory]], in which he envisioned an all-Indian state controlled by the United States Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Equivalent to the English word ''Indian'', ''okla humma'' was a phrase in the Choctaw language used to describe the Native American race as a whole. ''Oklahoma'' later became the [[de facto]] name for [[Oklahoma Territory]], and it was officially approved in 1890, two years after the area was opened to white settlers.<ref name="Oklahoma's Name">{{cite web| title = Chronicles of Oklahoma| first= Muriel | last=Wright | publisher = Oklahoma State University| month = June | year = 1936 | url = http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v014/v014p156.html | accessdate = 2007-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | year=2007| url=http://www.state.ok.us/osfdocs/stinfo2.html | title=Oklahoma State History and Information | work=A Look at Oklahoma | publisher=Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation | accessdate=2006-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Merserve | first=John | year=1941 | url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/chronicles/v019/v019p314.html | title=Chief Allen Wright| work=Chronicles of Oklahoma | accessdate=2006-06-07}}</ref>

==Geography==