states name come from spanish word meaning feast of flowers
Florida: From Spanish Pascua florida meaning flowering Easter.. Spanish explorers discovered the area on Palm Sunday in 1513. The state name also relates to the English word florid, an adjective meaning strikingly beautiful, from Latin floridus. Georgia: Named for King George II of Great Britain. His name originates with Latin Georgius, from Greek Georgos, meaning farmer, from ge (earth) + ergon (work).