Statistics for Origin of U.S. State Names

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
In honor of George II of England	Georgia	96%
Corruption of Aleut word meaning “great land” or “that which the sea breaks against”	Alaska	92%
In honor of Louis XIV of France	Louisiana	92%
In honor of the Duke of York	New York	92%
From an Iroquoian word “Ken-tah-ten” meaning “land of tomorrow”	Kentucky	84%
Meaning “land of Indians”	Indiana	80%
From the French meaning “green mountain”	Vermont	80%
From the Spanish word meaning “mountain.”	Montana	76%
From the Spanish meaning “feast of flowers” (Easter)	Florida	68%
Spanish: “snowcapped”	Nevada	64%
From the Spanish, “ruddy” or “red”	Colorado	56%
Named after a mythical island described in a popular novel of the time: Las Sergas de Esplandián. c. 1500	California	52%
From an Indian word meaning “friends”	Texas	36%