The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-15
STATE MAIZE LoKa.

Montana means mountainous
Indiana means land of Indians.
Nebraska means shallow waters.
Missouri means Muddy Water"
Dakota means ''leagued" or "allied
tribes"
Wyoming is the Indian word for big
Plains"
Washington gets its name from our first
president
The Carolinas were named for Charles
Carolus) II.
Michigan is from an Indian word, near
ing Great Lake"
Vermont is French (verd mont. signify
ing green mountain.
Delaware derives its Name from Thomas
West, Lord de la WaIe.
Alabama comes from Greek word and
signifies Land of Rest"
Oregon rs a Spanish word signifying
Wales of Wild Thyme"
Idaho is a name that has never been sat
isfactorily accounted for.
Wisconsin is an Indian word, meaning
wild, Rushing Waters"
Virginia got its name from Queen Eliza
beth, the Virgin Queen"
Nevada is a Spanish word signifying
"Snow Covered Mountains.
Maryland was named in honor Of Hen
rietta Maria, queen of Charles /.
Florida gets its name from Kanunas de
Flores, or Feast of the Flowers"
Georgia had its name bestowed when 10
was colony in honor of George II.
Massachusetts is an Indian word, signi.
flying Country About the Great Hills"
The real name of Connecticut is Quon-
eh-ta-but. 1t is Mohegan word. and
means Long River"
Illinois is supposed to be derived from an
Indian word which was intended to refer
to a superior class of men.
Rhode Island gets it's name because of
its fancied resemblance to the Island of
Rhodes in the Mediterranean.
New Hampshire takes it's name from
Hampshire, England. New Hampshire
was originally called Laconia-
Louis XIV. Mississippi is Natchez word
anu means Oh w
Colorado is a Spanish word applied to
that portion of the Rocky mountains on
account of its many colored peaks.
New York was so named as compli-
ment to the Duke of York, whose brother
Charles Ii, granted him that territory
New Jersey was named for Sir George
Carter, who was at that time governor of
the Island of Jersey in the British channel
Tennessee, according to some writers, is
from Tenasea, an Indian chief. Others
have it that it means River of the Big
Bend"
Iowa is named from an Indian tribe, the
Kiowas; the Kiowas were so called by the
Illinois Indians because they were across
the river"
Maine takes its name from the province
of Main in France, and was so called as a
to the queen of Charles l. Hen
rietta, who was its owner.
Pennsylvania, as is generally known,
takes its name from William Penn, the
"sylvania" part OF it meaning woods. Lit
orally it is ''Penn's Woods"
Kentucky does not mean Ozark and
Bloody Ground, but is derived from the
Indian word ''Kain-tuk-ae," signifying
Land at the Head Of the River"
The name of California is matter of
much dispute Some writer's say that it
first appeared IN Spanish romance of
1880, the heroine being an Amazonian
California"
The Spanish missionaries of 1924 called
the country now known as Texas "Mixte-
capah" and the people M.xtecas. From
this last word the name Texas is sup
posed to have been derived.
Ohio has had several meanings fitted to
it. Some say that it is a Suwanee word,
meaning THE Beautiful River" Others
refer to the Wyandotte word "Oheza,"
which signified Something Great"
Three or four Indian interpretations have
been given for the word Arkansas, the best
beng that it signifies Smoky Waters" the
French prefix Ark" meaning bow. The
name of Kansas is based on the same as