The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19
NAMES or STATES.
Meaning and 0fhsir Nlcknamss.

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FROM Whist TheA Are Derived. TAsl,
Meaning and Their Nlcknames.
Alabama-The name is of Greek
origin. signifying '.Here We Rest
Arizona Territory-An Indian word,
meaning ''Sand Hills"
Arkansas-French and Italian words
signifying .Bow Of Smoky Waters"
The fictitious name of the State il Bear
State" from the number of the animals
formerly found there.
California From Spanish words
meaning "Hot Furnace. The fictitious
name is Golden State"
Colorado spanish word meaning
"Colored."
Connecticut-An Indian name signi.
flying 1.-The Long River" The nick
names are ''Freestone State" Nutmeg
State and ''Land of Steady Habits"
DakOta-Indian word meaning al
lied"
Delaware in honor of Lord
De La Ware. It's called 1.-The Diamond
State" from its small size and its in
trinsic value; also, ''Blue Hen State"
Florida-FrOm the Spanish. meaning
"FlOwery;" so called from the abund-
ance of flowers and the day easter
Sunday, upon which it was discovered.
From its shape it is sometimes called
the Peninsula State"
Georgia-Named in honor of King
George II. of England. The nickname
is Empire State of the South
IllinOis-An Indian word signifying
"Tribe of men," The sobriauet is
''Prairie States" also. "Sucker State ~
1ndiana-ls SO called from the In
dams. The original meaning of the
word Indian is '.river." The nickname
| is .Xhe HOOsier State
Iowa-An Indian word meaning
"The Sleepey ones" The fictitious name
is ''Hawkeye State"
Kansas-An Indian word: signifyino
''Smoky water" The sobriduet is
Garden of the West"
Kentucky-An Indian name. signify
ing 1.-The Dark, and Bloody Ground"
The nickname is 1.-The CornCracker
State"
LOuisiana-Named in honor of King
Louis XIV. of France. The sobriquet is
Creole State"
Mainc-So called from Maine in
France. The fictitious name is The
Pine Tree State"
northumberland in honor of Queen
Henrietta Maria of England.
MaSsachusetts-AnI Indian name. sig
nifying BLUE Hills The fanciful
name is 1.-The Bay State
Michigan-An Indian word. meaning
1.-The Lake Country" 1t is nicknamed
1.-The Lake State" also 1.-The Wulver-
inc State"
Minnesota-From Indian words mean
ing CLOUDY Water" 1t is called
1.-The Gopher State"
Mississippi-An Indian word for
"Father of Waters" 1t is nicknamed
1.-The Bayou State"
Missouri-An Indian word meaning
''Muddy Water"
Nebraska-An Indian word meaning
''Shallow River"
Nevada-Spanish. signifying "Snow
Glad The fictitious name is Sage
Hen State"
New Hampshire-Namedfr from Hamp-
shire County. England. The sobriquet
is 1.-The Granite State"
New Jersey-Named for the Isle of
Jersey. The sobriquet is 1.-The Jersey
Blue"
New MexicO-Spanish; named from
the country of Mexico, meaning 1.-The
Place of Aztec-GOd of War"
New York-Named in honor of the
Duke of York and Albany. 1t is called
The Excelsior State" and "The EN-
pire State
North Carolina-Named. with South
Carolina. in honor of Charles 1. of Eng
land. The fictitious names are 1.-The
Old North State, 1.-The Tar State and
1.-The Turpentine State"
OhiO-An Indian word signifying
beautiful" 1t is nicknamed The
Buckeye State"
Oregon-Signifies 1.-The River of the
West"
Pennsylvania-Penn' woodland is
the Specification. The sobriquet is
1.-The Keystone State"
Rhode Island-Named from the Isle
of Rhodes in the Mediterranean. Rhodes
signifies "A Rose" 1t is nicknamed
Little Rhody."
South Carolina-Named in the same
manner as North Carolina, which see.
The sobriquet is 1.-The Palmetto State"
Tennessee - Derived from Indian
words signifying River of the Big
Bend" 1t is nicknamed 1.-The Big Bend
State"
Texas-Spanish. said to signify
''Friend." 1t is nicknamed 1.-The Lono
Star State"
Utah Named from the Utes or
Utah Indians.
Vermont-From the French; signify
ing 'Green Mountains" 1t is called
1.-The Green Mountain State"
Virginia - Named for Elizabeth,
Queen of England. tho "Virgin Queen"
1t is nicknamei The Mother of Presi-
dents:" also. 1.-The Old Dominion"
Washington Territory Named for
President Washingt n.
West Virginia-See Virginia. 1t is
nicknamed THE Panhandle State"
WiscOnsin-Named from its principal
river, and that from the French: mean
ing Flowing Westward" The iicti-
tious name is 1.-The Badger State.
Wyoming Territory An Indian
term meaning Large Plains. Xxx
change.
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