Statistics for State Etymology #2

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
From the Aleut word "Alyeska", meaning the "great land"	Alaska	100%
From the Dakota name for this state's namesake river: "Mnisota"	Minnesota	99%
"Land of the Indians"	Indiana	92%
From the French spelling of "Ilinwe", a word in the Ojibwe language	Illinois	88%
Named in honour of a certain King of France, 14th of his name	Louisiana	85%
From the Caddo word for friends or allies: "tejas"	Texas	85%
Derives its name from the Ioway people	Iowa	84%
Named in honour of Queen Elizabeth I, who never married	Virginia/West Virginia	82%
Possibly named after an 18th century Cherokee town called "Tanasi"	Tennessee	81%
Named in honour of Queen Henrietta Maria	Maryland	70%
"People of the mountains" in the Ute language	Utah	61%
Named in honour of King James II, previously Duke of a certain English city	New York	57%
One theory claims this state reminded the explorer Verrazzano of a certain greek island	Rhode Island	50%
Named after its namesake river, a derivation of the Mohegan word "quinetucket"	Connecticut	41%
Believed to be derived from the Portuguese phrase "Aure il agua", meaning "Hear the waters"	Oregon	36%
Roughly translates to "near the great hill", probably referring to Blue Hills Reservation	Massachusetts	17%