States Of The South USA (With Hints)

South Atlantic

Thomas West, the 3rd Baron De La Warr, was the ruling governor nearby when Europeans named the large river here.

A Spanish explorer, Juan Ponce de Leon, called this area (in Spanish!) 'The Land of Flowers'.

This was the last of the 13 original colonies to be established. It was named for the king, George II.

This state is named after King Charles I's wife, Henrietta Maria.

You'd think this state was named after a woman, but the name actually relates to the Latin version of Charles (the First, that is). It is bordered on its south by the state mentioned below.

You'd think this state was named after a woman, but the name actually relates to the Latin version of Charles (the First, that is). It is bordered on its north by the state mentioned above.

I always believed this state was named after the unmarried Elizabeth I, but there's also the suggestion that it could have been after a Secotan chief called Wingina. But he resisted the European encroachment. So who knows...

This isn't a state and it's not in any state. It's the capital and in part named after the first president of the United States. The other part of its name is a feminine version of 'Columbus' (and how the US was poetically known).

This state lies to the west of the state mentioned two clues above.

East South Central

One group of the indigenous people living here referred to themselves as 'Alabaamaha'.

The Iroquoian name for this region meant 'on the prairie' or 'meadow' ('kenhtà:ke' in the Mohawk language).

European settlers named the state after the river on its western boundary: 'misi-ziibi' ('great river') in the Ojibwe language.

Spanish explorer Juan Pardo recorded passing through an American Indian village called 'Tanasqui' in 1567.

West South Central

In the Algonquian language, the Quapaw people here were called 'Akansa'.

This state was named after the French king who reigned from 1643 to 1715. Its suffix, 'ana', means 'relating to'.

The name of this state comes from a Choctaw phrase meaning 'red people': 'okla humma'.

In the Caddo language (now critically endangered, with only 25 native speakers), 'taysha' means 'friends'.