Alabama - Indian; meaning "Here we rest".

Arkansas - "Kansas," the Indian name for "smoky water," with the French prefix "arc," bow or bend in the principal river.

California - Caliente Fornalla, Spanish for "hot furnace," in allusion to the climate.

Colorado - Spanish; meaning "colored," from the red color of the Colorado river.

Connecticut -Indian; meaning "long river".

Delaware - Named in honor of Lord Delaware.

Florida - Named by Ponce de Leon, who discovered it in 1512, on Easter Day, the Spanish Pascua de Flores, or "Feast of Flowers," Georgia - In honor of George II. of England.

Illinois - From the Indian "illini," men, and the French suffix "ois," together signifying "tribe of men".

Indiana - Indian land.

Iowa - Indian; meaning "beautiful land".

Kansas - Indian; meaning "smoky water".

Kentucky - Indian; for "at the head of the river;" or "the dark and bloody ground".

Louisiana - In honor of Louis XIV. of France.

Maine - From the province of Maine, in France.

Maryland - In honor of Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I.

of England.

Massachusetts - The place of the great hills (the blue hills southwest of Boston).

Michigan - The Indian name for a fish weir. The lake was so called from the fancied resemblance of the lake to a fish trap.

Minnesota - Indian; meaning "sky-tinted water".

Mississippi - Indian) meaning "great father of waters".

Missouri - Indian; meaning "muddy".

Nebraska - Indian; meaning "water valley".

Nevada - Spanish; meaning "snow-covered," alluding to the mountains.

New Hampshire - From Hampshire county, England.

New Jersey - In honor of Sir George Carteret, one of the original grantees, who had previously been governor of Jersey Island.

New York - In honor of the Duke of York.

North and South Carolina - Originally called Carolina, in honor of Charles IX. of France.

Ohio - Indian; meaning "beautiful river.

Oregon From the Spanish "oregano," wild marjoram, which grows abundantly on the coast.

Pennsylvania - Latin: meaning Penn's woody land.

Rhode Island - From a fancied resemblance to the island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean.

Tennessee - Indian, meaning "river with the great bend".

Texas - Origin of this name is unknown.

Vermont - French; meaning green mountain.

Virginia - In honor of Elizabeth, the "Virgin Queen".

Wisconsin - Indian; meaning "gathering of the waters," or "wild rushing channel."