US State Name Origins

Name the state that comes from the following origins.

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Source: https://www.bia.gov/as-ia/opa/online-press-release/origin-names-us-states#:~:text=GEORGIA.%3A%20Named%20by%20and%20for,native%20word%20meaning%20%22homeland.%E2%80%9D

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Category	State
Aleut: "penninsula"	Alaska
Originally called "Roode Eylandt" by the Dutch navigator Adrian Block	Rhode Island
Spanish: named for the mythological Queen Calafia	California
Delaware: "extensive plains"	Wyoming
Referred to as the "main land" to distinguish the state from numerous islands	Maine
Sioux: "cloudy water"	Minnesota
Spainish: named in honor of Spain's Easter celebration "Feast of Flowers"	Florida
Named for the territory it was purchased from	New Mexico
Ojibwe: "great river"	Mississippi
Miami: "it lies red"	Wisconsin
Aztec: "silver bearing"	Arizona
French: "green mountains"	Vermont
Named by George Carteret after an isle off the coast of England	New Jersey
Named for the Duke of York	New York
Algonquin: "big lake"	Michigan
Caddo: "friend"	Texas
Named after its founder William Penn	Pennsylvania
Named in honor of Louis XIV of France	Louisiana
Algonquin: "great hill, small place"	Massachusetts
Named by (and for) King George II of England	Georgia
Sioux: "shallow water"	Nebraska
Mohegan-Pequot: "long tidal river"	Connecticut
Spanish: "colored red"	Colorado
English: named after Lord De La Warr	Delaware
Named after one branch of the Sioux tribe and its relative position	North Dakota
Named after one branch of the Sioux tribe and its relative position	South Dakota

Category	State
Hawaiian: "homeland"	Hawaii
Named for a US president	Washington
Named for its inhabitants (Alibamons)	Alabama
Named for Elizabeth (the Virgin Queen of England)	Virginia
Cherokee: "bend in the river"	Tennessee
Algonquian: "wooden canoe people"	Missouri
Illini: "men" or "warriors"	Illinois
Named as such because this land was purchased from the "Indians"	Indiana
Iroquois: "beautiful river"	Ohio
Ioway: "sleepy ones"	Iowa
Named after the species of wild sage "origanum"	Oregon
Named for Charles II of England and its relative position	North Carolina
Named for its inhabitants (the Kaw people)	Kansas
Named for Queen Henrietta Maria	Maryland
Spanish: "snowy land"	Nevada
Named by John Mason after an English county	New Hampshire
Named for the Kanza tribe of the Sioux family (meaning "south wind people")	Arkansas
Wyandot: "land of tomorrow"	Kentucky
Spanish or Latin: "mountainous"	Montana
Named for Charles II of England and its relative position	South Carolina
Named for Elizabeth (the Virgin Queen of England) and its relative position	West Virginia
Shoshone: "light on the mountains"	Idaho
Choctaw: "red people"	Oklahoma
Named for the inhabitants (Utes)	Utah