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	93%
Name for the homeland of the Polynesians	Hawaii	91%
Named for a U.S President	Washington	88%
Spanish for flowery	Florida	84%
Means "Land of the Indians"	Indiana	75%
Ojibwe for "Large Lake"	Michigan	75%
Green mountain in French	Vermont	72%
Named for an island in the English Channel	New Jersey	70%
Named after Queen Elizabeth I	Virginia	70%
Simply refers to the "Mainland"	Maine	68%
Named for the wife of King Charles I	Maryland	67%
Aleut for "mainland"	Alaska	63%
Spanish for "Snow-Covered"	Nevada	54%
Named for King Charles I	North/South Carolina	54%
Sioux for ally or friend	North/South Dakota	54%
Named for an English County	New Hampshire	53%
Meaning "Indian Territory" in Choctaw	Oklahoma	53%
Made up, claimed to have meant "Gem of the Mountains"	Idaho	51%
Spanish for "Red"	Colorado	49%
Named for its resemblance to a Greek Island	Rhode Island	46%