Show STATE NAMES an interesting explanation of the names 1111 of the Arne american rican states maine so called from the province of maine in france in compliment to queen henrietta of england who it has been slid said owned the llie province tills this is tile commonly received opinion new named unnamed by jolin john 51 mason ason in 1739 1730 who with another obtained the grant from the crown from hampshire county in ili england the former name of the llie domain was wa laconia vermont irona from the french rord ver wort or green mountainous nature of the state slate the name was officially recognized january 1777 massachusetts indian name signifying tile the country about the 0 great hills rhode island ind thin nis name was adopted in from the island of rhodes in the llie mediterranean because of its fancied resemblance to that island connecticut this is the english orthography of the indian word quon ch li ui ta cut cul which signi signifies 0 fles tile the long icing river new beak named by the duke of york cover of a title given give by the english crown in 1 new jersey so called it honor he I 1 for of sir ggorge george Carter ct who nho way gov cruor of tile the island of jersey in the llie british channel pennsylvania from willi aral cun the founder of the tha new colony colon wean incan in ing penns Ici ina woods Delan delaware arc in lionor honor of thom thonmas as alvest cst lord do la ware who visited the bay and died there in 1310 1810 INI maryland aryland after henrietta maria tile the queen of charles I 1 of england virginia so called in honor of queen elizabeth the 61 virgin virgiiia Virg iii queen in ii whose reign sir wail waller ter It aleigh h made the first attempt to colonize that ihal region north and south carolina were originally in ili one tract called carolina after Clin charles fles IX of france in 1601 subsequently in igge the llie name was altered georgia 0 so called in lionor honor of george gerarge il II of england who vilio established rt a colony in if that region region floridi lonce lie dc le acon co as who inho discovered that portion of north america in 1519 1319 it florida in if commemoration of the day lie lauded landed there which wai uro pasqua de pores of the spaniards or as feast of flowers otherwise known is as easter sunday Ala alabama baina Fonn Forit cily icily a I 1 portion of mississippi territory admitted into tile the union as a suite state in 1819 ilie name idof is of indian origin in signifying 0 C c here billere we test rest mississippi Fori formerly a portion of the province of louisiana so named in if 1800 front from tile the great ri er on tile the western line tile the term is of indian origin mannins the 11 long river louisiana frair louis XIV of france who from some time prior to owned tile territory arkansas from kansas the indian name of smoky water unter with the french prefix are arc bow tennessee indian name for the river of life big a bend tile the tennessee tena tella kentucky 1 indian for at the head of tile the iier ohio faoul the In indian diall 0 beautiful previously applied to tile the I 1 liver iver I 1 which bich trai traverses carss a great part of its borders michigan previously applied to tile llie lake the llie ludian indian liquia of a so called broin the lie fancied resemblance of tile the lake to a fish trap indiala Indi abi so called in 1802 from american indians illinois from the indian illma wells ican and id tile the fience cunix ois to together signifying tribes of men nicil also k 0 said to I 1 b ficai the llie french ide sc MX fix knotx nut island ft given iven by early explorers to ili an island in tile illinois river covered with tints nuts the name next being attached to the river and the state being named from froin the llie stream wisconsin indian name for wild rushing channel missouri named in 1820 from the great branch of the llie mississippi which hows through za it indian iddinn term meaning in muddy iowa indian ter w meaning a all tho drowsy ones minnesota water I 1 california the name 0 chell by cortez the discoverer of that acion region lie ile probably obtained it from nn an old spanish romance in if which an all il imaginary island of that name is described its as abounding in gold old ore oreon oregon on according accordia I 1 t to 0 sonic some from tile the indian oregon river u of tile west others consider it derived from froin the llie spanish ur egano wild marjoram which bows pows grows on tho the pacific coast texas the word texas or tajai is tlc alc root of the names of 0 all the indian tribes in ili fexas 1 cans or mexico the ilie prefix indicated the location of tile the tribe the rile As teia or aztecs azteca dwelt on the high lands of anah it 1 c the tol bojas tojas or lived os its far south is as yucatan yucatan the hills tejas vircil on oil tile the gulf coast between Ulata worna and N vcra cra cruz and the th al tej tejas as were c re located in tile state stale of Coa coahuila huila |