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US State Name Origins - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 56 times
- The average score is 33 of 50
Answer Stats
| Etymology | State | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HI | Hawaiian: "homeland" | Hawaii | 89%
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| NY | Named for the Duke of York | New York | 87%
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| PA | Named after its founder William Penn | Pennsylvania | 87%
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| RI | Originally called "Roode Eylandt" by the Dutch navigator Adrian Block | Rhode Island | 87%
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| ND | Named after one branch of the Sioux tribe and its relative position | North Dakota | 84%
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| SD | Named after one branch of the Sioux tribe and its relative position | South Dakota | 84%
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| UT | Named for the inhabitants (Utes) | Utah | 84%
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| AK | Aleut: "penninsula" | Alaska | 82%
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| GA | Named by (and for) King George II of England | Georgia | 82%
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| IN | Named as such because this land was purchased from the "Indians" | Indiana | 82%
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| LA | Named in honor of Louis XIV of France | Louisiana | 82%
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| NC | Named for Charles II of England and its relative position | North Carolina | 82%
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| WA | Named for a US president | Washington | 82%
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| WV | Named for Elizabeth (the Virgin Queen of England) and its relative position | West Virginia | 82%
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| CA | Spanish: named for the mythological Queen Calafia | California | 80%
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| SC | Named for Charles II of England and its relative position | South Carolina | 80%
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| VT | French: "green mountains" | Vermont | 80%
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| VA | Named for Elizabeth (the Virgin Queen of England) | Virginia | 80%
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| AL | Named for its inhabitants (Alibamons) | Alabama | 78%
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| DE | English: named after Lord De La Warr | Delaware | 73%
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| IA | Ioway: "sleepy ones" | Iowa | 73%
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| OR | Named after the species of wild sage "origanum" | Oregon | 73%
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| IL | Illini: "men" or "warriors" | Illinois | 71%
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| MI | Algonquin: "big lake" | Michigan | 71%
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| MT | Spanish or Latin: "mountainous" | Montana | 71%
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| FL | Spainish: named in honor of Spain's Easter celebration "Feast of Flowers" | Florida | 69%
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| KS | Named for its inhabitants (the Kaw people) | Kansas | 69%
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| NH | Named by John Mason after an English county | New Hampshire | 69%
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| NJ | Named by George Carteret after an isle off the coast of England | New Jersey | 69%
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| MD | Named for Queen Henrietta Maria | Maryland | 67%
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| CO | Spanish: "colored red" | Colorado | 64%
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| ME | Referred to as the "main land" to distinguish the state from numerous islands | Maine | 64%
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| NV | Spanish: "snowy land" | Nevada | 64%
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| MS | Ojibwe: "great river" | Mississippi | 60%
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| NM | Named for the territory it was purchased from | New Mexico | 58%
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| AZ | Aztec: "silver bearing" | Arizona | 56%
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| AR | Named for the Kanza tribe of the Sioux family (meaning "south wind people") | Arkansas | 53%
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| OH | Iroquois: "beautiful river" | Ohio | 47%
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| CT | Mohegan-Pequot: "long tidal river" | Connecticut | 42%
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| ID | Shoshone: "light on the mountains" | Idaho | 42%
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| MN | Sioux: "cloudy water" | Minnesota | 42%
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| TN | Cherokee: "bend in the river" | Tennessee | 42%
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| MA | Algonquin: "great hill, small place" | Massachusetts | 36%
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| OK | Choctaw: "red people" | Oklahoma | 36%
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| TX | Caddo: "friend" | Texas | 36%
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| KY | Wyandot: "land of tomorrow" | Kentucky | 33%
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| MO | Algonquian: "wooden canoe people" | Missouri | 33%
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| WI | Miami: "it lies red" | Wisconsin | 33%
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| NE | Sioux: "shallow water" | Nebraska | 31%
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| WY | Delaware: "extensive plains" | Wyoming | 31%
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