Pot-Luck-Humor - Origins of 50 States

 

 Good Morning           The origin of the name for each of the 50 states     -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 Mohican 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 Hawaian 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" -Lousiana, Named in honor of France's King Louis XIV, this territory had Frech 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. -Massachusets, 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 Dacotah 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, father 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). -Tenessee, Named after Cherokee Indian villages called "Tanasi" -Texas, comes from the Spanish "Tejas" when it belonged top 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 Cheppewa tongue. -Wyoming, Indian word meaning "large prairie place".         .

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