Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1892-04-30
Names Of States and Their Meaning.

| Names Of States and Their Meaning.
Montsna means mountainous.
Nebraska means shallow waters.
Indiana meats land OF Indians.
Missouri means 9 Muddy Water.n
Dakota means "leagued 7 or al
lied tribes :
Wyoming is the Indian word for
big Pisins,"
Louisiana was 50 named IN honor
OF Louis XIV.
Washington gets its pame from
our first President.
The Carolina- were named for
| Charles (Carolus) III.
| Michigan i from an Indian word
meaning Great Lake"
Mississippi is Natchez word and
means :. Father of Waters"
Vermont is French (Verd Mont),
signifying Green Mountain.
Oregon is a Spanish word signi-
tying :. wales of wild thyme
Alabama comes from a Greek word,
and signifies" Lard of Rest"
The name of Kansas is based IN
the same as that of Arkansas.
Wisconsin is an Indian word mean
ing Wild, Rushing Waters"
Virginia got its nam from Queen
Elizabeth, the 8 Virgin Queen"
Delaware derives it's name from
Thomas West, Lord de la Ware.
Idaho is name that has never
been satisfactorily accounted for.
Nevada is a Spanish word signi-
fyiny uncovered mountains.
Maryland was named in honor Of
Henrietta Maria queen of Charles |.
Florida gets its name from Kanu-
nas de Flores, or " Feast of the
Flowers"
Georgia had it's name bestowed
when it was a colony, in honor of
George II.
Massachusetts is an Indian word
signifying Country About the
Great Hills"
The real name of Connecticut is
sQuon -eh ia cut" 1t is Mohican
word, and means Long River"
Illinois is supposed to be derived
from an Indian word which was in
tended to refer to superior class OF
men.
New Hampshire took its name
from Hampshire, England. New
Hampshire was Originally called La
coma
Rhode Island gets its name be-
cause of its fancied resemblance to
the Island OF Rhodes, in the Medi-
terranean.
New York was SO named as com
plment to the Duke OF York, whose
brother, Charles II, granted him
that territory.
Colorado is Spanish word, APP
Piled to that portion of the Rocky
mountains on account of its many
colored peaks.
New Jersey was named for Sir
George Carter, who was at that time
governor of the Island OF Jersey, in
the British Channel.
Tennessee. acc riding to some
writer's, is from Tenasea, an Indian
chief; others have it that it means
s.River of the Big Bend"
Iowa is named from an Indian
tr be, the Kiowas; the Kiowas were
50 called by the Illinois Indians be-
cause they were across the river"
Kentucky dos not mean " Dark
and Bloody Ground" but is derived
from the Indian word "Kain-tuk-ae,"
signifying Land at the Head of the
River"
Maine takes it's name from the
Province of Main, in France, and
was so called as compliment to the
queen of Charles l., Henrietta, who
was its owner.
Pennsylvania, as is generally
known, takes it's name from William
Penn, the "sylvania part OF it
meaning woods. Literally, it is
"Penn's Woods"
Three or four Indian iLterpreta-
tions have been given to the word
Arkansas, the best being that it sig
nifes 'Smoke Waters" the French
prefix Ark " meaning bow.
The name of California is a mat
ter of much dispute. Some writers
say that it first appeared in Span
ish romance of 1880, the heroine be-
ing an Amazonian named Califor-
MIA"
The Spanish missionaries of 1924
called the country now known as
Texas Mixtecapah," and the people
"Mixtecas." From the last word
the name of Texas is supposed to
| have been derived.
Ohio has had several meanings fit.
ted to it.. Some say thatitis Snwa-