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Etymology of US States on a Map

Use the etymology of the names of the states that are a part of the United States to name each state.
Prefixes such as "New", "West", "Island", etc. will not be included in the etymology
Some countries which names have the same etymology are listed together
Sources: Wikipedia
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Language of Orgin
Etymology
State
(Native Language)
"Of the Gods" / after a legendary discoverer of the state
Hawaii
(Native Language)
"Wind"
Arkansas / Kansas
Aleut
"Mainland"
Alaska
Algonquian
"Speaks Normaly"
Illinois
Algonquian / Shoshone / Western Cree / Spanish / Portuguese / French
"Good and Beautiful (River)" / "River of the West" / "Grease Made From Fish" / "Big Ears" / "Hear the Waters" / A misspelling of "Ouisiconsink" / "Hurricane"
Oregon
Apache / (Native Language)
"High" / "People of the mountains"
Utah
Caddo + Spanish
"Friend" + "s"
Texas
Cherokee
"Winding River"
Tennessee
Chiwere
"Flattened Water"
Nebraska
Choctaw
"Plant-Cutters"
Alabama
Choctaw
"Red People"
Oklahoma
Dakota / Chiwere
"Sleepy Ones"
Iowa
Dutch / Greek
"Red" / After a landmass in the Aegean Sea
Rhode Island
Eastern Algonquian
"At the Great Hill" + "s"
Massachusetts
Eastern Algonquian
"Long Tidal River"
Connecticut
English
After a county in England which is named after said county's largest city which has the etymology of "Village-Town"
New Hampshire
Language of Orgin
Etymology
State
English
After a president whos surname is after a town in England
Washington
English / Celtic
After the duke of a British city which has the etymology of "Yew-Tree Estate"
New York
English / French
"Mainland" / After the village of the states founder / After a French Province
Maine
English / Hebrew
After a English queen whos name has the etymology of "Bitterness"
Maryland
English / Norse
After a British island which has the etymology of "Geirr's Island"
New Jersey
French
"Green Mountain"
Vermont
French
"Of the War"
Delaware
French / Frankish
After a French king whos name has the etymology of "Famous"
Louisiana
Iroquoian
"(On) the Meadow"
Kentucky
Lakota
"Cloudy Water"
Minnesota
Latin
"Land of the Indians
Indiana
Latin
After a British king whos name has the etymology of "Farmer"
Georgia
Latin
After queen Elizabeth I of England who never maried
Virginia / West Virginia
Latin / Frankish
After a English king whos name has the etymology of "Man"
North Carolina / South Carolina
Miami-Illinois
"Dugout Canoe"
Missouri
Language of Orgin
Etymology
State
Miami-Illinois / Ojibwe
"River Running Through a Red Place" / "Red-Stone Place"
Wisconsin
Munsee
"At the Big River Flat"
Wyoming
Nahuatl
After the Aztec people would founded the city of Tenochtitlan
New Mexico
O'odham
"Little Spring"
Arizona
Ojibwe
"Great River"
Mississippi
Ojibwe
"Large Lake"
Michigan
Plains Apache
"Enemy" / after a fictional native American world meaning "Gem of the Mountains"
Idaho
Seneca
"Large creek"
Ohio
Sioux
"Ally"
North Dakota / South Dakota
Spanish
"Flowery"
Florida
Spanish
"Mountain"
Montana
Spanish
"Red"
Colorado
Spanish
"Snowy"
Nevada
Spanish
After a fictional island from the novel "Las Sergas de Esplandián"
California
Welsh + Latin
After the founder whos name has the etymology of "head" + "Woods"
Pennsylvania
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