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Alaska comes from an Inuit word for 'great land'
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05-22-2003, 03:31 PM
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Arizona comes from a Papago word for 'place of the small spring'
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05-22-2003, 03:33 PM
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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"
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05-22-2003, 03:35 PM
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California comes from a Spanish term for "Earthly paradise"
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05-22-2003, 03:36 PM
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Colorado is derived from the Spanish word for red (color of the earth).
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05-22-2003, 03:37 PM
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Originally posted by dadaist
Ah true, but what about the other 49?
Here we go (I'll start with Iowa, and then go alphabetically, just for IAKG).
Iowa is derived from a Dakota word for "the sleepy one."
(oh all explanations are sourced from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language)
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Connecticut comes from a Mohican word for 'at the long tidal river'.
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Delaware was named after the English governor Lord de la Warr
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05-22-2003, 03:39 PM
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Yeah but do you feel sleepy? :P
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Florida comes from a Spanish term for "land of flowers"
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Georgia was named after King George II
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05-22-2003, 03:41 PM
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Hawaii is a Hawaiian term for "homeland"
These days I'm also seeing it spelled Hawai'i
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05-22-2003, 03:41 PM
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Yeah but do you feel sleepy? :P
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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."
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Idaho is Shoshone for "light on the mountain"
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Illinois comes from Algonquian (via French) for "warriors"
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