This Map Shows The Literal Translation Of State Names And Their Origins

Alabama

Meaning: Thicket-Clearers

Language: Choctaw

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Alaska

Meaning: That Which the Sea Breaks Against

Language: Aleut

Arizona

Meaning: Place of the Small Spring

Language: Spanish interpretation of O’odham

Arkansas

Meaning: Land of Downriver People

Language: Quapaw

California

Meaning: Mythical Island Califia

Language: Spanish

Colorado

Meaning: Sandstone Soil

Language: Spanish

Connecticut

Meaning: The Long Tidal River

Language: Mohican