State Etymology #1 - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
From a Native American tribe whose people were called "Albaamaha" Alabama
98%
Named in honour of the first President of the United States Washington
98%
French writers called its namesake river "Ouisconsin" Wisconsin
98%
From the Shoshoni Indian exclamation "Ee-dah-how" Idaho
97%
From the Choctaw phrase "Okla humma", meaning "red people" Oklahoma
97%
Named after the Kansa Native American tribe Kansas
96%
From the Ojibwe word "misi-ziibi", meaning "Great River" Mississippi
96%
From the Anglo-Norman surname "de La Warr" Delaware
94%
Believed to be named after Queen Calafia, ruler of the fictional Black Amazons California
93%
Named in honour of King George II Georgia
92%
Named after two Sioux Native American tribes, one being Lakota North Dakota/South Dakota
92%
From the Otoe words for flat water: "Ñí Brásge" Nebraska
90%
Spanish for "mountain" Montana
88%
From the french words for "Green Mountains" Vermont
86%
Named in honour of King Charles I North Carolina/South Carolina
71%
Spanish for "ruddy", referring to its namesake river's silt from the mountains Colorado
67%
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