How did US states get their names?

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Now what about English place names?

You just had to ask didnt you?

Well not all quite English but ill give it a try.

Delaware From Delaware River and Bay; named in turn for Sir Thomas West, Baron De La Warr

Georgia In honor of George II of England

Louisiana In honor of Louis XIV of France

Maryland In honor of Henrietta Maria (queen of Charles I of England)

Nevada Spanish: “snowcapped”

New Hampshire From the English county of Hampshire

New Jersey From the Channel Isle of Jersey

New York In honor of the Duke of York

North Carolina In honor of Charles I of England

Pennsylvania In honor of Adm. Sir William Penn, father of William Penn. It means “Penn's Woodland.”

South Carolina In honor of Charles I of England


Vermont From the French “vert mont,” meaning “green mountain”


Virginia In honor of Elizabeth “Virgin Queen” of England


Washington In honor of George Washington

West Virginia In honor of Elizabeth, “Virgin Queen” of England

Any others you would like to know?

[Beirut]

Any others you would like to know?

Do you know where Canada got it's name, gentle scribe?