Statistics for US State Name Origins

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	Etymology	State	% Correct
RI	Originally called "Roode Eylandt" by the Dutch navigator Adrian Block	Rhode Island	100%
AL	Named for its inhabitants (Alibamons)	Alabama	96%
CA	Spanish: named for the mythological Queen Calafia	California	96%
GA	Named by (and for) King George II of England	Georgia	96%
HI	Hawaiian: "homeland"	Hawaii	96%
LA	Named in honor of Louis XIV of France	Louisiana	96%
NY	Named for the Duke of York	New York	96%
ND	Named after one branch of the Sioux tribe and its relative position	North Dakota	96%
PA	Named after its founder William Penn	Pennsylvania	96%
SD	Named after one branch of the Sioux tribe and its relative position	South Dakota	96%
WV	Named for Elizabeth (the Virgin Queen of England) and its relative position	West Virginia	96%
AK	Aleut: "penninsula"	Alaska	91%
NC	Named for Charles II of England and its relative position	North Carolina	91%
SC	Named for Charles II of England and its relative position	South Carolina	91%
UT	Named for the inhabitants (Utes)	Utah	91%
VA	Named for Elizabeth (the Virgin Queen of England)	Virginia	91%
WA	Named for a US president	Washington	91%
DE	English: named after Lord De La Warr	Delaware	87%
IN	Named as such because this land was purchased from the "Indians"	Indiana	87%
NJ	Named by George Carteret after an isle off the coast of England	New Jersey	87%
OR	Named after the species of wild sage "origanum"	Oregon	87%
VT	French: "green mountains"	Vermont	87%
KS	Named for its inhabitants (the Kaw people)	Kansas	83%
MI	Algonquin: "big lake"	Michigan	83%
MT	Spanish or Latin: "mountainous"	Montana	83%
CO	Spanish: "colored red"	Colorado	78%
FL	Spainish: named in honor of Spain's Easter celebration "Feast of Flowers"	Florida	78%
IL	Illini: "men" or "warriors"	Illinois	78%
IA	Ioway: "sleepy ones"	Iowa	78%
NH	Named by John Mason after an English county	New Hampshire	74%
ME	Referred to as the "main land" to distinguish the state from numerous islands	Maine	70%
MD	Named for Queen Henrietta Maria	Maryland	70%
MS	Ojibwe: "great river"	Mississippi	70%
NV	Spanish: "snowy land"	Nevada	70%
AZ	Aztec: "silver bearing"	Arizona	61%
NM	Named for the territory it was purchased from	New Mexico	61%
AR	Named for the Kanza tribe of the Sioux family (meaning "south wind people")	Arkansas	57%
CT	Mohegan-Pequot: "long tidal river"	Connecticut	57%
OH	Iroquois: "beautiful river"	Ohio	57%
MN	Sioux: "cloudy water"	Minnesota	52%
ID	Shoshone: "light on the mountains"	Idaho	48%
TN	Cherokee: "bend in the river"	Tennessee	48%
MA	Algonquin: "great hill, small place"	Massachusetts	43%
MO	Algonquian: "wooden canoe people"	Missouri	43%
OK	Choctaw: "red people"	Oklahoma	43%
TX	Caddo: "friend"	Texas	43%
WI	Miami: "it lies red"	Wisconsin	43%
KY	Wyandot: "land of tomorrow"	Kentucky	39%
WY	Delaware: "extensive plains"	Wyoming	39%
NE	Sioux: "shallow water"	Nebraska	22%