Multiple choice - US States Names Origins 1

How have these States gained their name, Which option is correct?

When origin is tribal, the nearest translation is given:

Many Indian Terms are open to interpretation and translation:

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1. Arizona

Red Canyon ✓

Broken Plains ✓

The Good Oak ✓

Hidden River ✓

Basque - aritz ona - 'The Good Oak'

2. Texas

Friend ✓

Open Plains ✓

Big Country ✓

Happy Land ✓

"Friend" - used by the Caddo peoples to refer to the Caddo Nation.

3. Vermont

Good Land ✓

Forrest Land ✓

Winding River ✓

Green Mountain ✓

French - Derived from vert (green) and mont (mountain)

4. Delaware

Of the Valley ✓

Lord de la Warr ✓

Warlike Men ✓

Rolling Grassland ✓

Thomas West - Baron de la Warr - English Politician - 1st Governer of Virginia

5. Nebraska

Cold Mountains ✓

High Forrest ✓

Coloured Skies ✓

Flattened Water ✓

Chiwere / After the 'Platte River' due to the flatness of the plains, when the river would flood,

6. Virginia

Unspoilt Territory ✓

Country of the Virgin Queen (Elizabeth I) ✓

Treeless Plains ✓

After the Virgin Mary ✓

Elizabeth I - who was known as the "Virgin Queen" because she never married

7. Mississippi

Great River ✓

Meeting Place of Rivers ✓

Maidens Drinking Place ✓

Bison Meeting Place ✓

Ojibwe / French - After the river Mississippi

8. North Carolina

King Charles I of England ✓

Singing Waters ✓

Charlemagne ✓

Land of Straight Arrows ✓

Latin / English - From King Charles I of England.

9. Alabama

Slow River ✓

My Land ✓

'Thicket-clearers' ✓

Warm Waters ✓

Choctaw - albah, "(medicinal) plants", and amo, "to clear"

10. Illinois

Great Waters ✓

Speaks Normally ✓

Hunters Land ✓

Laughing Waters ✓

Algonquian via French - Illini a group of Native American tribes in the Mississippi valley:

11. Missouri

Green Waters ✓

Dugout Canoe ✓

Flooding Plains ✓

Arrow Trees ✓

Illinois (Illini) - one who has a wood boat [dugout canoe]

12. Rhode Island

Close Island ✓

Island of Roses ✓

Near Island ✓

Red Island ✓

Dutch - Referring to Aquidneck Island - modern Dutch is "rood eiland"

13. Kentucky

On the Prairie ✓

Blue Plains ✓

Long Meadow ✓

Good Hunting ✓

Iroquoian - refer to the Kentucky River 'on the prairie / meadow / field'

14. Michigan

Bison Bay ✓

Large Water ✓

Sweeping Waters ✓

White Waters ✓

Ojibwe via French:= old Algonquin 'meshi-gami'

15. Utah

Ghost People ✓

Our Place ✓

High ✓

Land of Valleys ✓

Apache via Spanish - from Ute people - from Apache 'yudah' meaning 'high'.

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