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Multiple choice - US States Names Origins 1
How have these States gained their name, Which option is correct?
When origin is tribal, the nearest translation is given:
Many Indian Terms are open to interpretation and translation:
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Last updated: April 2, 2019
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Arizona
Red Canyon
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Broken Plains
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The Good Oak
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Hidden River
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Basque - aritz ona - 'The Good Oak'
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Texas
Friend
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Open Plains
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Big Country
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Happy Land
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"Friend" - used by the Caddo peoples to refer to the Caddo Nation.
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Vermont
Good Land
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Forrest Land
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Winding River
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Green Mountain
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French - Derived from vert (green) and mont (mountain)
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Delaware
Of the Valley
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Lord de la Warr
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Warlike Men
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Rolling Grassland
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Thomas West - Baron de la Warr - English Politician - 1st Governer of Virginia
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Nebraska
Cold Mountains
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High Forrest
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Coloured Skies
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Flattened Water
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Chiwere / After the 'Platte River' due to the flatness of the plains, when the river would flood,
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Virginia
Unspoilt Territory
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Country of the Virgin Queen (Elizabeth I)
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Treeless Plains
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After the Virgin Mary
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Elizabeth I - who was known as the "Virgin Queen" because she never married
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Mississippi
Great River
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Meeting Place of Rivers
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Maidens Drinking Place
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Bison Meeting Place
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Ojibwe / French - After the river Mississippi
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North Carolina
King Charles I of England
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Singing Waters
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Charlemagne
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Land of Straight Arrows
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Latin / English - From King Charles I of England.
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Alabama
Slow River
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My Land
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'Thicket-clearers'
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Warm Waters
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Choctaw - albah, "(medicinal) plants", and amo, "to clear"
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Illinois
Great Waters
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Speaks Normally
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Hunters Land
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Laughing Waters
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Algonquian via French - Illini a group of Native American tribes in the Mississippi valley:
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Missouri
Green Waters
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Dugout Canoe
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Flooding Plains
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Arrow Trees
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Illinois (Illini) - one who has a wood boat [dugout canoe]
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Rhode Island
Close Island
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Island of Roses
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Near Island
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Red Island
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Dutch - Referring to Aquidneck Island - modern Dutch is "rood eiland"
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Kentucky
On the Prairie
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Blue Plains
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Long Meadow
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Good Hunting
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Iroquoian - refer to the Kentucky River 'on the prairie / meadow / field'
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Michigan
Bison Bay
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Large Water
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Sweeping Waters
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White Waters
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Ojibwe via French:= old Algonquin 'meshi-gami'
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Utah
Ghost People
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Our Place
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High
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Land of Valleys
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Apache via Spanish - from Ute people - from Apache 'yudah' meaning 'high'.
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