Alabama
May come from Choctaw meaning “thicket-clearers” or “ vegetation-gatherers”
Alaska
Corruption of Aleut word meaning “great land” or “that which the sea breaks against”
Arizona
From the Indian “Arizonac,” meaning “little spring” or “young spring”
Arkansas
From the Quapaw Indians
California
From a book, Las Sergas de Esplandián, by Garcia Ordóñez de ntalvo, c. 1500
Colorado
From the Spanish, “ruddy” or “red”
Connecticut
From an Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning “beside the long tidal river”
Delaware
From Delaware River and Bay; named in turn for Sir Thomas West, Baron De La Warr
Florida
From the Spanish, meaning “feast of flowers” (Easter)
Georgia
In honor of George II of England
Hawaii
Uncertain. The islands may have been named by Hawaii Loa, their traditional discoverer. Or they may have been named after Hawaii or Hawaiki, the traditional home of the Polynesians.
Idaho
Though popularly believed to be an Indian word, it is an invented name whose meaning is unknown.
Illinois
Algonquin for “tribe of superior men”
Indiana
Meaning “land of Indians”
Iowa
Probably from an Indian word meaning “this is the place” or “the Beautiful Land”
Kansas
From a Sioux word meaning “people of the south wind”
Kentucky
From an Iroquoian word “Ken-tah-ten” meaning “land of tomorrow”
Louisiana In
honor of Louis XIV of France
Maine
First used to distinguish the mainland from the offshore islands. It has been considered a compliment to Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I of England. She was said to have owned the province of Mayne in France.
Maryland In honor of Henrietta Maria (queen of Charles I of England)
Massachusetts
From Massachusett tribe of Native Americans, meaning “at or about the great hill”
Michigan
From Indian word “Michigana” meaning “great or large lake”
Minnesota
From a Dakota Indian word meaning “sky-tinted water”
Mississippi
From an Indian word meaning “Father of Waters”
Missouri Named after the Missouri Indian tribe. “Missouri” means “town of the large canoes.”
Montana
Chosen from Latin dictionary by J. M. Ashley. It is a Latinized Spanish word meaning “mountainous.”
Nebraska
From an Oto Indian word meaning “flat water”
Nevada
Spanish: “snowcapped”
New Hampshire
From the English county of Hampshire
New Jersey
From the Channel Isle of Jersey
New Mexico From the country of Mexico
New York
In honor of the Duke of York
North Carolina
In honor of Charles I of England
North Dakota
From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”
Ohio
From an Iroquoian word meaning “great river”
Oklahoma
From two Choctaw Indian words meaning “red people”
Oregon
Unknown. However, it is generally accepted that the name, first used by Jonathan Carver in 1778, was taken from the writings of Maj. Robert Rogers, an English army officer.
Pennsylvania
In honor of Adm. Sir William Penn, father of William Penn. It means “Penn's Woodland.”
Rhode Island
From the Greek Island of Rhodes
South Carolina
In honor of Charles I of England
South Dakota
From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”
Tennessee
Of Cherokee origin; the exact meaning is unknown
Texas
From an Indian word meaning “friends”
Utah
From the Ute tribe, meaning “people of the mountains”
Vermont
From the French “vert mont,” meaning “green mountain”
Virginia
In honor of Elizabeth “Virgin Queen” of England
Washington
In honor of George Washington
West Virginia
In honor of Elizabeth, “Virgin Queen” of England
Wisconsin
French corruption of an Indian word whose meaning is disputed
Wyoming
From the Delaware Indian word, meaning “mountains and valleys
alternating”; the same as the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania
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