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

Maine

Meaning: Mainland

Language: French

Maryland

Meaning: Land of Queen Henrietta Maria

Language: English

Massachusetts

Meaning: Near the Great-Little-Mountain

Language: Native American origin

Michigan

Meaning: Great Lake

Language: Native American origin

 

Minnesota

Meaning: Milky Water

Language: Siouan

Mississippi

Meaning: Great River

Language: French

Missouri

Meaning: Dugout Canoe

Language: Siouan

Montana

Meaning: Mountainous

Language: Spanish

Nebraska

Meaning: Flattened Water

Language:  Based on Oto Indian word “Nebrathka”