Statistics for State Etymology #3

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
From the Iroquois word "ohiyo", meaning "great river"	Ohio	93%
Founded in 1681 by William Penn	Pennsylvania	92%
Derived from the Kansa Native American tribe (other than Kansas)	Arkansas	89%
In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León named it "The Flowery"	Florida	87%
French form of the Ojibwa word "mishigamaa" meaning "large water"	Michigan	81%
Named after the largest of the Channel Islands in the UK	New Jersey	74%
Named after the heartland of the Aztec Empire	New Mexico	72%
From a Siouan-language tribe known to some as the "ouemessourita"	Missouri	70%
Named after its largest island, probably meaning "homeland"	Hawaii	65%
Named after a southern English county	New Hampshire	63%
Spanish for "snow-covered"	Nevada	59%
One theory claims its name derives from the family estate of its founder, called Broadmayne	Maine	54%
Derived from the O'odham word name "alĭ ṣonak" meaning "small spring"	Arizona	51%
Named after its namesake river, likely based on an Iroquoian name meaning "on the meadow"	Kentucky	18%
Named after a valley in Pennsylvania, meaning "at the big river flat"	Wyoming	13%