<Tr> <Td> New Hampshire </Td> <Td> August 27 </Td> <Td> 1692 </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> After the county of Hampshire in England . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Jersey </Td> <Td> April 2 </Td> <Td> 1669 </Td> <Td> French (ultimately from Old Norse) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> After Jersey (the largest of the British Channel Islands), birthplace of one of the colony's two co-founders, Sir George de Carteret . The state was established under the name of New Caeserea or New Jersey because the Roman name of the island was thought to have been Caesarea . The name "Jersey" most likely comes from the Norse name Geirrs ey meaning "Geirr's Island". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Mexico </Td> <Td> November 1 </Td> <Td> 1859 </Td> <Td> Nahuatl via Spanish </Td> <Td> Mēxihco via Nuevo México </Td> <Td> A calque of Spanish Nuevo México . The name Mexico comes from Nahuatl Mēxihca, the Aztec people who founded the city of Tenochtitlan (pronounced (meːˈʃiʔko)). Its literal meaning is unknown, though many possibilities have been proposed such as that the name comes from the God Metztli . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> October 15 </Td> <Td> 1680 </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> After the then duke of York (later King James II of England). Named by then King Charles II of England, James II's brother . The name "York" is derived from its Latin name Eboracum (via Old English Eoforwic and then Old Norse Jórvík), apparently borrowed from Brythonic Celtic * eborakon, which probably meant "Yew - Tree Estate". See also York #Toponymy for more information . </Td> </Tr>

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