The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-15
NAMES OF STATES.
Their Derivation and How Many of
Them Were Applied.
(Philadeiphia Times.)

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Alabama comes from a Greek word
and signifies land of rest"
Nebraska means shallow waters.
Oregon is a Spanish word, signifying
wales of wild thyme
Dakota means ''leagued or allied
tribes"
Wyoming is an Indian word for big
plains"
Washington gets it's name from our
first president.
Montana means mountainous.
Idaho is name that has never been
satisfactorily accounted for
California is name in much dispute
Some writers say it first appeared in a
Spanish romance in 1880, the heroine
being an Amazonian named "Califor-
MIA"
Colorado is a Spanish word applied
to that portion of the Rocky noun
tains on account of their many colored
peaks.
Connecticut's real name is Queen-eh-
ta-cut. 1t is Mohican word, which
means 'Dong river
Delaware derives its name from
Thomas West, Lord de la War;.
Florida gets its name from Kannmas
de Flores or feast of the flowers"
Georgia had its name. bestowed when
it was colony, in honor of George II.
Illinois is supposed to be derived from
an Indian word. which was intended to
mean q superior race of men.
Indiana means '''land of Indians"
iowa is named from an Indian tribe,
the Kiowas, so called by the Illinois
Indians because they were across the
river.
Kansas is based the same as Arkan-
sas and has three or four Indian inter-
pretations, the best being that it sig
nifies Smoke waters" the French pre-
fix ark" meaning bow.
Kentucky is derived from the Indian
word "Kain-tuk,' signifying some
thing great It does not mean. as
some suppose, dark and bloody
ground"
Louisiana was so named in honor of
Louis XIV.
Maine takes its name from the prov
ince of Maine, in France, and was so
called as a compliment to the queen of
Charles 1, Henrietta, who was its
owner.
Maryland was also named in honor
of Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles 1.
Massachusetts is an Indian word. sig
nifyipg country above the great hills"
Michigan is from an Indian word and
means great lake.
Mississippi is a Natchez word and
means father of waters
Missouri means muddy waters"
Nevada Is Spanish WORD SlSnltylng
"snow-covered mountains"
New Hampshire took its name from
Hampshire England. 1t was originally
called Lanconia.
New Jersey was named for Sir George
Carter, who was at that time governor
OF the island of Jersey, in the British
channel.
New York was so named As a compli-
men: to the Duke of York, whose
brother, Charles II, granted him that
territory.
The Carolinas get their names from
Charles (Carolus) II
Pennsylvania takes it's name from
William Penn. the sylvia" part of it
meaning woods. Literally it is PENIS
woods
Rhode Island gets its name from its
fancied resemblance to the island of
Rhodes, in the Mediterranean.
Tennessee, according to some writer's
is from Tenasea, an Indian chief; 9TH
ers have it to mean river of the big
bend"
Texas was called by the Spanish mis-
sionaries in 1924 "MiXtecaph,' and the
people "Mixtecas." From the last word
the name Of Texas is supposed to have
been derived.
Virginia got its NAM from Queen
Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen"
Wisconsin is an Indian word mean
ing wild, rushing waters