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Is somewhere outhere.
What is the origin of the name
For each of the 50 states?
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- Alabama, means "tribal town" in the Creek Indian language.
- Alaska, after the Aleut word "alaxsxaq" meaning "the mainland."
- Arizona, based on Pima Indian word "arizonac" for "little spring place."
- Arkansas, a French interpretation of the word "acansa,"
In Sioux meaning downstream place."
- California, comes from "Califia" a mythical paradise
In old Spanish romance word.
- Colorado, means "Reddish" or "Color Red."
- Connecticut, Based on Mohegan and Algonquin Indian words
For a "place beside a long river."
- Delaware, for the early Virginia governor, Lord De La Warr.
- Florida was a Spanish territory, and the name is in Spanish too.
Florida means "Flowered."
- Georgia, Named for King George II of England
- Hawaii, which of course is in native Hawaiian.
Could be based on their word for homeland, "Owhyhee."
- Idaho, is just an invented word.
- Illinois, word in Algonquin Indian for "warriors."
- Indiana, from "Land of the Indians."
- Iowa, Indian word for "a beautiful land."
- Kansas, from the Sioux Indian for "south wind people."
- Kentucky, based on the Iroquois Indian word "Ken- tah- ten,
" meaning "land of tomorrow."
- Louisiana, named in honor of France's King Louis XIV,
This territory had French influence.
- Maine, assumed to be a reference to the state region being a mainland,
Different from its many surrounding islands.
- Maryland, named to honor Henrietta Maria, wife of England's King Charles I.
- Massachusetts, named after local Indian tribe whose name means
"a large hill place."
- Michigan, for the Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" meaning "great water"
(for the big lakes).
- Minnesota, based on the Dakota Sioux Indian word for "sky-tinted water,"
Referring to the Minnesota River or the state's many lakes.
- Mississippi, probably based on the Indian "mici zibi," loosely meaning great river.
- Missouri, named after the Missouri Indian tribe.
- Montana, based on the Spanish word "Montaña" that means Mountain.
- Nebraska, name based on an Oto Indian word that means "flat water,"
Referring to the Platte River.
- Nevada, comes from a Spanish word that means "snowy" or "snow-clad."
- New Hampshire, named after the area of Hampshire in England.
- New Jersey, named after the area of Jersey in England.
- New Mexico, from the country of Mexico.
- New York, named after the city of York in England.
- North Carolina, named in honor of England's King Charles I.
- North Dakota, for the Sioux or Dakota Indians.
- Ohio, comes from the Iroquois Indian word for "good river."
- Oklahoma, a Choctaw Indian word for "red man."
- Oregon, may have been derived from that of the Wisconsin River
Shown on a 1715 French map as "Ouaricon-sint. "
- Pennsylvania, for the Admiral William Penn,
****** of the state's founder, William Penn.
- Rhode Island, after "Roode Eylandt" by Adriaen Block,
Dutch explorer, because of its red clay.
- South Carolina (see North Carolina).
- South Dakota (see North Dakota).
- Tennessee, named after Cherokee Indian Villages called "Tanasi"
- Texas, comes from the Spanish "Tejas" when it belonged to Mexico
(they exchanged the J for X as an English contribution) .
- Utah, from the Ute Indians (people of the Mountains).
- Vermont, From the French "verts monts," meaning green mountains.
- Virginia, named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.
- West Virginia (see Virginia).
- Washington, after the first President of the US.
- Wisconsin, from the word "Ouisconsin" believed to mean "grassy place"
In the Chippewa tongue.
- Wyoming, Indian word meaning "large prairie place."
For each of the 50 states?
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- Alabama, means "tribal town" in the Creek Indian language.
- Alaska, after the Aleut word "alaxsxaq" meaning "the mainland."
- Arizona, based on Pima Indian word "arizonac" for "little spring place."
- Arkansas, a French interpretation of the word "acansa,"
In Sioux meaning downstream place."
- California, comes from "Califia" a mythical paradise
In old Spanish romance word.
- Colorado, means "Reddish" or "Color Red."
- Connecticut, Based on Mohegan and Algonquin Indian words
For a "place beside a long river."
- Delaware, for the early Virginia governor, Lord De La Warr.
- Florida was a Spanish territory, and the name is in Spanish too.
Florida means "Flowered."
- Georgia, Named for King George II of England
- Hawaii, which of course is in native Hawaiian.
Could be based on their word for homeland, "Owhyhee."
- Idaho, is just an invented word.
- Illinois, word in Algonquin Indian for "warriors."
- Indiana, from "Land of the Indians."
- Iowa, Indian word for "a beautiful land."
- Kansas, from the Sioux Indian for "south wind people."
- Kentucky, based on the Iroquois Indian word "Ken- tah- ten,
" meaning "land of tomorrow."
- Louisiana, named in honor of France's King Louis XIV,
This territory had French influence.
- Maine, assumed to be a reference to the state region being a mainland,
Different from its many surrounding islands.
- Maryland, named to honor Henrietta Maria, wife of England's King Charles I.
- Massachusetts, named after local Indian tribe whose name means
"a large hill place."
- Michigan, for the Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" meaning "great water"
(for the big lakes).
- Minnesota, based on the Dakota Sioux Indian word for "sky-tinted water,"
Referring to the Minnesota River or the state's many lakes.
- Mississippi, probably based on the Indian "mici zibi," loosely meaning great river.
- Missouri, named after the Missouri Indian tribe.
- Montana, based on the Spanish word "Montaña" that means Mountain.
- Nebraska, name based on an Oto Indian word that means "flat water,"
Referring to the Platte River.
- Nevada, comes from a Spanish word that means "snowy" or "snow-clad."
- New Hampshire, named after the area of Hampshire in England.
- New Jersey, named after the area of Jersey in England.
- New Mexico, from the country of Mexico.
- New York, named after the city of York in England.
- North Carolina, named in honor of England's King Charles I.
- North Dakota, for the Sioux or Dakota Indians.
- Ohio, comes from the Iroquois Indian word for "good river."
- Oklahoma, a Choctaw Indian word for "red man."
- Oregon, may have been derived from that of the Wisconsin River
Shown on a 1715 French map as "Ouaricon-sint. "
- Pennsylvania, for the Admiral William Penn,
****** of the state's founder, William Penn.
- Rhode Island, after "Roode Eylandt" by Adriaen Block,
Dutch explorer, because of its red clay.
- South Carolina (see North Carolina).
- South Dakota (see North Dakota).
- Tennessee, named after Cherokee Indian Villages called "Tanasi"
- Texas, comes from the Spanish "Tejas" when it belonged to Mexico
(they exchanged the J for X as an English contribution) .
- Utah, from the Ute Indians (people of the Mountains).
- Vermont, From the French "verts monts," meaning green mountains.
- Virginia, named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.
- West Virginia (see Virginia).
- Washington, after the first President of the US.
- Wisconsin, from the word "Ouisconsin" believed to mean "grassy place"
In the Chippewa tongue.
- Wyoming, Indian word meaning "large prairie place."
