#2115

Alaska comes from an Inuit word for 'great land'

#2116

Arizona comes from a Papago word for 'place of the small spring'

#2117

Arkansas (the only state, to my knowledge, with a law on the books for the pronunciation of the states name ('are-CAN-saw')) and Kansas are both derived from a Sioux term for "land of the south wind people"

#2118

California comes from a Spanish term for "Earthly paradise"

(that was before all the smog in LA I would imagine ;) )

#2119

Colorado is derived from the Spanish word for red (color of the earth).

#2120~I feel so special. :bfly:

#2121

Connecticut comes from a Mohican word for 'at the long tidal river'.

#2122

Delaware was named after the English governor Lord de la Warr

Yeah but do you feel sleepy? :P

#2123

#2124

Florida comes from a Spanish term for "land of flowers"

#2125

Georgia was named after King George II

#2126

Hawaii is a Hawaiian term for "homeland"

These days I'm also seeing it spelled Hawai'i

Actually, I'm a transplanted Kentucky girl, so we'll wait to see what that one says. :)

As an aside, there are many, many Indian names here in Iowa. The city I live in is the Indian word for "Land of Rippling Waters."

#2127

#2128

Idaho is Shoshone for "light on the mountain"

#2129

Illinois comes from Algonquian (via French) for "warriors"