Show NAMES OP STATES HOW THE DIFFERENT STATES OF THE UNION WERE NAMED many of abe appellations Appel lations ara of finah origin many other arc derived from old words borne anga in familiar tenna maine takes its name from tho provino f main in france and was so called aa compliment to the queen of charles I 1 henrietta who was its owner new takes ita name from hampshire england new hampshire was originally called laconia V vermont is french verd mont af unifying green mountain y massachusetts is an indian word rig unifying country about abe great giua island gets ita name because of its fancied resemblance to the island if rhodes in the mediterranean the real name of connecticut is quon i eh ta but it is a mohegan word and means long river new york was so named aa s ment to the duke of boric whose brother charles ja granted hirn that territory new jersey was named for sir george carter who was at that time governor of the island of jersey in the british channel pennsylvania as is generally known takes ita name from william penn the sylvania eyl vania part of it meaning weoda literally it is penna woods delaware derives iab namo tram thomas west lord de la ware maryland was named in honor of henrietta maria queen of chanlex L virginia got its name from queen elizabeth the virgin queen tho carolinas were named for chariw carolus IL MEANINGS WORTH florida gets its name arora de floras or feast of the alabama comes from a greek word and signifies land of beet louisiana was BO named in honor of louis XIV mississippi is s natchez word and meana father of waters three or four indian have been given for the word abir the best being that it signifies smoky waters abe french prefix ark meaning bow tennessee according to some writers is from To nasea an indian chief others bava it that it means alver of the bay bend kentucky does not mean dark and bloody ground but is derived from th indian word kam tuk ae land at the head of the biver ohio has had several meanings fitted to it some bay that it is a suwanee word meaning the beautiful river others refer to the wyandotte word cheza which signified something great indiana means land of indians illinois ia supposed to bo derived from an indian word which was intended to refer to a superior class of men wisconsin is an indian word meaning wild rushing waters missouri means muddy waters michigan is from an indian word meaning great lake the name kansas is based on the same as that of arkansas A VALUABLE iowa is named from an indian tribe the the were BO called by the illinois indians because they were across the river tho name of california is a matter of much dispute some writers eay that it first appeared in a spanish romance of 1530 the heroine being an amazonian named california colorado is word applied to that portion of the bocky mountains on account of its many colored peaks nebraska means shallow batera nevada ia a spanish word snow covered mountains georgia had its name bestowed when tt was a colony in honor of george IL the spanish missionaries of 1581 called the country now known as texas mix tec apah and the people as from this last word the name of texas is eap posed to have been derived oregon is a spanish word signifying vales of wild thyme dakota means leagued or alid ll id wyoming is the indian word for bi plains washington gets ita came croaa cm first pre trident montana means mountainous mountAin oua idaho ia a name that has never been satisfactorily accounted forst louis republic |