<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> Territory 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> American Samoa </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Samoan </Td> <Td> Amerika Sāmoa </Td> <Td> Uncertain origin of "Samoa"; "American" is from Amerigo Vespucci . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> District of Columbia </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1738 </Td> <Td> New Latin </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Named for Christopher Columbus . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Guam </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Chamorro </Td> <Td> Guåhån </Td> <Td> Means "what we have", from Guåhån in Chamorro language . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Northern Mariana Islands </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Spanish </Td> <Td> Islas Marianas </Td> <Td> Mariana Islands chain named for Mariana of Austria . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Spanish </Td> <Td> Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> Means "rich port" in Spanish . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> U.S. Virgin Islands </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Spanish </Td> <Td> Islas Virgenes </Td> <Td> Named by Christopher Columbus for Saint Ursula and her 11,000 virgins . </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Us state and capital named for a woman