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State Etymology #3 - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 262 times
- The average score is 10 of 15
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| From the Iroquois word "ohiyo", meaning "great river" | Ohio | 93%
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| Founded in 1681 by William Penn | Pennsylvania | 92%
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| Derived from the Kansa Native American tribe (other than Kansas) | Arkansas | 88%
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| In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León named it "The Flowery" | Florida | 88%
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| French form of the Ojibwa word "mishigamaa" meaning "large water" | Michigan | 82%
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| Named after the largest of the Channel Islands in the UK | New Jersey | 75%
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| Named after the heartland of the Aztec Empire | New Mexico | 73%
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| From a Siouan-language tribe known to some as the "ouemessourita" | Missouri | 68%
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| Named after its largest island, probably meaning "homeland" | Hawaii | 67%
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| Named after a southern English county | New Hampshire | 64%
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| Spanish for "snow-covered" | Nevada | 61%
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| One theory claims its name derives from the family estate of its founder, called Broadmayne | Maine | 55%
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| Derived from the O'odham word name "alĭ ṣonak" meaning "small spring" | Arizona | 52%
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| Named after its namesake river, likely based on an Iroquoian name meaning "on the meadow" | Kentucky | 20%
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| Named after a valley in Pennsylvania, meaning "at the big river flat" | Wyoming | 14%
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