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English Words That Are Actually Spanish #1

Name these U.S. state names that have Spanish origins??
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Last updated: June 19, 2019
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A mythical island from the 1510 Spanish novel Las Sergas de Esplandián by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo.
California
Red-Colored
Colorado
Flowery
Florida
Mountain
Montana
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Nuevo México
New Mexico
The Spanish adopted the word Tejas from the language of the indigenous Cado people. It means “friends” or “allies.”
Texas
Derived from the name of the indigenous Ute people, via Spanish yuta.
Utah
Etymology may be the Basque haritz ona (good oak).
Arizona
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