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Show ORIGIN OF NAMES OF ST Maine takes its name from th province 01 Main in France, anil was so called in fiimjilirnont to the tu en of Charles 1, Henrietta, its owner. New Hampshire, iirst called Lacoma, from Hampshire, England. Vermont, from the Green mountains, i French: vert mont.) Massachusetts, from the Indian language, lan-guage, signifying the country about the grfat hills. Rhode Island gets its name from the landed resemblance of the island to that of Rhodes in the ancient Levant. Connetieut's was Monegan. spelled originally orig-inally Quon-ch-ta-CHit, signifying "a long river." N'.w York was so named as a compliment compli-ment to the Duke of York, whose brother, Charles IL granted him that territory. New Jersey was named by one of its original proprietors. Sir George Carter .: -..r the island of Jersey in the British : uinel, of which he was covernor. Pennsylvania, as Is generally known. : its name from William Penn and i! word "svlvania." meaning woiirts. I'. laware derives its name from "lhom-West. "lhom-West. Lord De La Wara, governor of Maryland receives its name from the . n of Charles I, Henrietta Maria. Virginia got its name from Queen Lllz-!,l.ih Lllz-!,l.ih unmarried, or virgin queen. The CaroHnas were named in-honor o; -harl's I, and Georgia in honor of ''Florfda' gets Its name from Kanauars .!. Klores. or Feast of the Flowers. V.abama comes from a Greek word, MLiiilving "the land of the rest." Louisiana was so named in honor of Mi'is'inpi derives its name from that ' the great river, which is. in the Nat-f'n-z tongue, "the father of waters. A-k'nsL is derived from the Indian v ..r,i Kansas, "smoky waters, with the Fr.-nch prefix of "ark" a bow. Tennessee is an Indian name, mean-i-.i.' "the river with the big ben. Kentucky, also, is an Indian naine-"Kain-tuk-ae," signifying "at the head r the river." ' ,H,. Ohio is the Shawnee name for me. beautiful river." Mirhiiran's name was derived from the ; ,ke the Indian name for fishweir, or ir;.ii'. which the- shape of the lak sug- '''indiana's name came from that of the HlmoYs- name is derived from the Indian word "l!l!ni" men. and the French at-1.x. at-1.x. "ois." making "tribe of men.' Wisconsin's name is said to be the Indian In-dian name for a wild, rushing channel. Missouri" is also an Indian name for Tntiddv, having reference to the muddi-ti-s of the Missouri river. Kansas is the Indian name for smoky Water Iowa signifies in the Indian language "Ok- drowsy ones," and Minnesota a cloudy water." |