<P> Native tribal group> River> Territory> State </P> <P> e.g. Illinois people> Illinois River> Illinois Country> Illinois Territory> State of Illinois </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> State name </Th> <Th> Date first attested in original language </Th> <Th> Year first attested in original language </Th> <Th> Language of origin </Th> <Th> Word (s) in original language </Th> <Th> Meaning and notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> April 19 </Td> <Td> 1742 </Td> <Td> Choctaw </Td> <Td> albah amo </Td> <Td> "Thicket - clearers" or "plant - cutters", from albah, "(medicinal) plants", and amo, "to clear". The modern Choctaw name for the tribe is Albaamu . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alaska </Td> <Td> December 2 </Td> <Td> 1897 </Td> <Td> Aleut via Russian </Td> <Td> alaxsxaq via Аляска </Td> <Td> "Mainland" (literally "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed"). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arizona </Td> <Td> February 1 </Td> <Td> 1883 </Td> <Td> Basque </Td> <Td> aritz ona </Td> <Td> "The good oak". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> O'odham via Spanish </Td> <Td> ali ṣona - g via Arizonac </Td> <Td> "Having a little spring". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arkansas </Td> <Td> July 20 </Td> <Td> 1796 </Td> <Td> Kansa, via Illinois and French </Td> <Td> akaansa </Td> <Td> Borrowed from a French spelling of an Illinois rendering of the tribal name kką: ze (see Kansas, below), which the Miami and Illinois used to refer to the Quapaw . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> California </Td> <Td> May 22 </Td> <Td> 1850 </Td> <Td> Spanish </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Probably named for the fictional Island of California ruled by Queen Calafia in the 16th century novel Las sergas de Esplandián by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo . <Dl> <Dd> See also: Etymology of California </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Colorado </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1743 </Td> <Td> Spanish </Td> <Td> colorado </Td> <Td> "Ruddy", or "red", originally referring to the Colorado River . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Connecticut </Td> <Td> April 15 </Td> <Td> 1675 </Td> <Td> Eastern Algonquian </Td> <Td> quinnitukqut </Td> <Td> From some Eastern Algonquian language of southern New England (perhaps Mahican), meaning "at the long tidal river", after the Connecticut River . The name reflects Proto - Eastern - Algonquian * kwən -, "long"; * - əhtəkw, "tidal river"; and * - ənk, the locative suffix). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Delaware </Td> <Td> January 31 </Td> <Td> 1680 </Td> <Td> French via English </Td> <Td> de la Warr </Td> <Td> After the Delaware River, which was named for Lord de la Warr (originally probably Norman French de la guerre or de la werre, "of the war"). Lord de la Warr was the first Governor - General of Jamestown . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Florida </Td> <Td> April 2 </Td> <Td> 1513 </Td> <Td> Spanish </Td> <Td> (pascua) florida </Td> <Td> "Flowery (Easter)" (to distinguish it from Christmastide which was also called Pascua), in honor of its discovery by the Spanish during the Easter season . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Georgia </Td> <Td> October 3 </Td> <Td> 1674 </Td> <Td> Latin via English (ultimately from Greek) </Td> <Td> Georgius </Td> <Td> The feminine Latin form of "George", named after King George II of Great Britain . It was also a reference to Saint George, whose name was derived from the Greek word georgos meaning "husbandman" or "farmer" from ge "earth" + ergon "work". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hawaii </Td> <Td> December 29 </Td> <Td> 1879 </Td> <Td> Hawaiian </Td> <Td> Hawaiʻi </Td> <Td> From Hawaiki, legendary homeland of the Polynesians . Hawaiki is believed to mean "place of the gods". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Named for Hawaiʻiloa, legendary discoverer of the Hawaiian Islands . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Idaho </Td> <Td> June 6 </Td> <Td> 1864 </Td> <Td> none </Td> <Td> Idaho </Td> <Td> Probably made up by George M. "Doc" Willing as a practical joke; originally claimed to have been derived from a word in a Native American language that meant "Gem of the Mountains". The name was initially proposed for the Territory of Colorado until its origins were discovered . Years later it fell into common usage, and was proposed for the territory of Idaho instead . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Plains Apache </Td> <Td> ídaahę́ </Td> <Td> Possibly from the Plains Apache word for "enemy" (ídaahę́), which was used to refer to the Comanches . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Illinois </Td> <Td> March 24 </Td> <Td> 1793 </Td> <Td> Algonquian via French </Td> <Td> ilenweewa </Td> <Td> The state is named for the French adaptation of an Algonquian language (perhaps Miami) word apparently meaning "speaks normally" (cf . Miami ilenweewa, Old Ottawa <ilinoüek>, Proto - Algonquian * elen -, "ordinary" and - we, "to speak"), referring to the Illiniwek (Illinois). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Indiana </Td> <Td> December 2 </Td> <Td> 1794 </Td> <Td> Latin (ultimately from Proto - Indo - Iranian) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Land of the Indians". The names Indians and India come, via Greek and Persian, from Proto - Indo - Iranian * sindhu -, which originally referred to the Indus River . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Iowa </Td> <Td> August 31 </Td> <Td> 1818 </Td> <Td> Dakota via French </Td> <Td> ayúxba / ayuxwe via Aiouez </Td> <Td> By way of French Aiouez, and named after the Iowa tribe . This demonym has no further known etymology, though some give it the meaning "sleepy ones". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kansas </Td> <Td> May 12 </Td> <Td> 1832 </Td> <Td> Kansa via French </Td> <Td> kką: ze via Cansez </Td> <Td> Named after the Kansas River, which in turn was named after the Kaw or Kansas tribe . The name seems to be connected to the idea of "wind". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kentucky </Td> <Td> April 28 </Td> <Td> 1728 </Td> <Td> Iroquoian </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Originally referring to the Kentucky River . While some sources say the etymology is uncertain, most agree on a meaning of "(on) the meadow" or "(on) the prairie" (cf . Mohawk kenhtà: ke, Seneca gëdá'geh (phonemic / kẽtaʔkeh /), "at the field"). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Louisiana </Td> <Td> July 18 </Td> <Td> 1787 </Td> <Td> French (ultimately from Frankish) </Td> <Td> Louisiane </Td> <Td> After King Louis XIV of France . The name Louis came itself from Frankish hluda "heard of, famous" (cf . loud) + wiga "war". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maine </Td> <Td> October 13 </Td> <Td> 1729 </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> main </Td> <Td> A common historical etymology is that the state's name refers to the mainland, as opposed to the coastal islands . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> After the French province of Maine . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> English </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> A more recent proposal is that the state was named after the English village of Broadmayne which was the family estate of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, the colony's founder . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maryland </Td> <Td> January 18 </Td> <Td> 1691 </Td> <Td> English (ultimately from Hebrew) </Td> <Td> Myriam </Td> <Td> After Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I of England . The name Mary originally meant in Hebrew "bitterness" or "rebelliousness", and could also have come from Egyptian "beloved" or "love". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Massachusetts </Td> <Td> June 4 </Td> <Td> 1665 </Td> <Td> Algonquian </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Plural of "Massachusett" meaning "Near the great little - mountain", or "at the great hill", usually identified as Great Blue Hill on the border of Milton and Canton, Massachusetts (cf . the Narragansett name Massachusêuck). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Michigan </Td> <Td> October 28 </Td> <Td> 1811 </Td> <Td> Ojibwe via French </Td> <Td> mishigami </Td> <Td> "Large water" or "large lake" (in Old Algonquin, * meshi - gami). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Minnesota </Td> <Td> April 21 </Td> <Td> 1821 </Td> <Td> Dakota </Td> <Td> mnisota </Td> <Td> "Cloudy water", referring to the Minnesota River . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mississippi </Td> <Td> March 9 </Td> <Td> 1800 </Td> <Td> Ojibwe via French </Td> <Td> misi - ziibi </Td> <Td> "Great river", after the Mississippi River . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Missouri </Td> <Td> September 7 </Td> <Td> 1805 </Td> <Td> Illinois </Td> <Td> mihsoori </Td> <Td> "Dugout canoe". The Missouri tribe was noteworthy among the Illinois for their dugout canoes, and so was referred to as the wimihsoorita, "one who has a wood boat (dugout canoe)". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Montana </Td> <Td> November 1 </Td> <Td> 1860 </Td> <Td> Spanish </Td> <Td> montaña </Td> <Td> "Mountain". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nebraska </Td> <Td> June 22 </Td> <Td> 1847 </Td> <Td> Chiwere </Td> <Td> ñįbraske </Td> <Td> "flattened water", after the Platte River, which used to be known as the Nebraska River, due to the flatness of the plains, when the river would flood, it would blanket the region . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nevada </Td> <Td> February 9 </Td> <Td> 1845 </Td> <Td> Spanish </Td> <Td> nevado </Td> <Td> "Snow - covered", after the Sierra Nevada ("snow - covered mountains"). </Td> </Tr> <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> <Tr> <Td> North Carolina </Td> <Td> June 30 </Td> <Td> 1686 </Td> <Td> Latin via English (ultimately from Frankish) </Td> <Td> Carolus via Carolana </Td> <Td> After King Charles I of England . The name Charles came itself from Frankish karl "man, husband". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> North Dakota </Td> <Td> November 2 </Td> <Td> 1867 </Td> <Td> Sioux </Td> <Td> dakhóta </Td> <Td> "Ally" or "friend", after the Dakota tribe . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ohio </Td> <Td> April 19 </Td> <Td> 1785 </Td> <Td> Seneca via French </Td> <Td> ohi: yo' </Td> <Td> "Large creek", originally the name of both the Ohio River and Allegheny River . Often incorrectly translated as "beautiful river", due to a French mistranslation . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oklahoma </Td> <Td> September 5 </Td> <Td> 1842 </Td> <Td> Choctaw </Td> <Td> okla + homa </Td> <Td> Devised as a rough translation of "Indian Territory"; in Choctaw, okla means "people", "tribe", or "nation", and homa - means "red", thus: "Red people". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oregon </Td> <Td> July 20 </Td> <Td> 1860 </Td> <Td> Unknown Native American </Td> <Td> Disputed </Td> <Td> Disputed meaning . First named by Major Robert Rogers in a petition to King George III . <Dl> <Dd> See also: Oregon (toponym) </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> March 8 </Td> <Td> 1650 </Td> <Td> Welsh and Latin </Td> <Td> Penn + silvania </Td> <Td> "Penn's woods", after Admiral William Penn . Pennsylvania is the only state named after its founder . The name "Penn" comes from the Welsh word for "head". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rhode Island </Td> <Td> February 3 </Td> <Td> 1680 </Td> <Td> Dutch </Td> <Td> roodt eylandt </Td> <Td> "Red island", referring to Aquidneck Island . The Modern Dutch form of the phrase is "rood eiland". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Greek </Td> <Td> _̔ Ρόδος </Td> <Td> For a resemblance to the island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Carolina </Td> <Td> November 12 </Td> <Td> 1687 </Td> <Td> Latin via English (ultimately from Frankish) </Td> <Td> Carolus via Carolana </Td> <Td> After King Charles I of England . The name Charles came itself from Frankish karl "man, husband". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Dakota </Td> <Td> November 2 </Td> <Td> 1867 </Td> <Td> Sioux </Td> <Td> dakhóta </Td> <Td> "Ally" or "friend". See North Dakota, above . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tennessee </Td> <Td> May 24 </Td> <Td> 1747 </Td> <Td> Cherokee </Td> <Td> ᏔᎾᏏ tanasi </Td> <Td> Tanasi (in Cherokee: ᏔᎾᏏ) was the name of a Cherokee village; the meaning is unknown . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Texas </Td> <Td> June 30 </Td> <Td> 1827 </Td> <Td> Caddo via Spanish </Td> <Td> táyshaʔ via Tejas </Td> <Td> "Friend", used by the Caddo to refer the larger Caddo nation (in opposition to enemy tribes). The name was borrowed into Spanish as texa, plural texas, and used to refer to the Caddo Nation . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Utah </Td> <Td> December 20 </Td> <Td> 1877 </Td> <Td> Western Apache via Spanish </Td> <Td> yúdah via yuta </Td> <Td> From the Spanish designation for the Ute people, yuta, in turn perhaps a borrowing from Western Apache yúdah meaning "high" (not, as is commonly stated, "people of the mountains" and not from the Ute's own self - designation (nutʃi̥) (plural (nuːtʃiu)), as suggested by J.P. Harrington). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vermont </Td> <Td> September 27 </Td> <Td> 1721 </Td> <Td> French </Td> <Td> vert + mont </Td> <Td> "Green mount" or "Green mountain"; vert in French means "green", and mont means "mount" or "mountain". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Virginia </Td> <Td> March 21 </Td> <Td> 1652 </Td> <Td> Latin </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Country of the Virgin", after Elizabeth I of England, who was known as the "Virgin Queen" because she never married . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Washington </Td> <Td> February 22 </Td> <Td> 1872 </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> After George Washington; in turn derived from the town of Washington in historic County Durham . The etymology of the town's name is disputed, but agreed to be ultimately Old English . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> West Virginia </Td> <Td> September 1 </Td> <Td> 1831 </Td> <Td> Latin </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> The western, transmontane, counties of Virginia; separated from Virginia during Civil War; see Virginia, above . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wisconsin </Td> <Td> February 5 </Td> <Td> 1822 </Td> <Td> Miami via French </Td> <Td> Wishkonsing </Td> <Td> Originally spelled Mescousing by the French, and later corrupted to Ouisconsin . Likely it derives from a Miami word Meskonsing meaning "it lies red" or "river running through a red place". It may also come from the Ojibwe term miskwasiniing, "red - stone place". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wyoming </Td> <Td> August 14 </Td> <Td> 1877 </Td> <Td> Munsee Delaware </Td> <Td> xwé: wamənk </Td> <Td> "At the big river flat"; the name was transplanted westward from the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> State name </Th> <Th> Date first attested in original language </Th> <Th> Year first attested in original language </Th> <Th> Language of origin </Th> <Th> Word (s) in original language </Th> <Th> Meaning and notes </Th> </Tr>

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