Statistics for U.S State Namesakes

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Namesake	State	% Correct
Named after William Penn	Pennsylvania	100%
Named for a French King	Louisiana	95%
Name for the homeland of the Polynesians	Hawaii	91%
Named for a U.S President	Washington	89%
Spanish for flowery	Florida	86%
Means "Land of the Indians"	Indiana	77%
Ojibwe for "Large Lake"	Michigan	77%
Green mountain in French	Vermont	73%
Named for an island in the English Channel	New Jersey	71%
Named after Queen Elizabeth I	Virginia	71%
Simply refers to the "Mainland"	Maine	70%
Named for the wife of King Charles I	Maryland	68%
Aleut for "mainland"	Alaska	64%
Spanish for "Snow-Covered"	Nevada	55%
Named for King Charles I	North/South Carolina	55%
Sioux for ally or friend	North/South Dakota	55%
Named for an English County	New Hampshire	54%
Meaning "Indian Territory" in Choctaw	Oklahoma	54%
Made up, claimed to have meant "Gem of the Mountains"	Idaho	52%
Spanish for "Red"	Colorado	50%
Named for its resemblance to a Greek Island	Rhode Island	46%

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