BRITISH COUPLE REACTS | How Did Each U.S. State Get Its Name?

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[@narsil100]

As a Virginian, it always amuses me that our state was named for the "virgin queen" & our official tourism slogan is "Virginia is for lovers" 😄😘

[@Bacopa68]

Good slogan. BTW, Mitchell and Webb have a funny sketch that involves the naming of Virginia.

[@charlottewood8964]

Lol never connected that. How funny

[@MannyBrum]

Are they still using that slogan? I remember I visited there as a kid and that was on half the souvenirs.

[@mdhbh]

😂

[@johnalden5821]

Don't worry, I expect that the nickname maybe didn't completely accurately reflect her lived experience, if you get my drift.

[@patriotjon8535]

Algonquians : The Algonquian are one of the most populous and widespread North American native language groups. Historically, the peoples were prominent along the Atlantic Coast and into the interior along the Saint Lawrence River and around the Great Lakes.

[@Bacopa68]

The words "racoon" and "skunk" are derived from languages in the Algonquin family.

[@shawndohner9235]

Algonquin is the language of the tribs of that iriquie nation

[@noahfyan9617]

​@@shawndohner9235no it is not, the "Iroquois" which is a frenchized version of an Algonquin word means enemy and is not what they call themselves they are Haudenosanee and they have their own language

[@dbsagacious]

About the red color of the Colorado river, it varies depending on the time of year. Sometimes its nice and clear, and others it is in fact a reddish brown. That is from the soil that makes its way into the water, and the soil has a larger than average amount of iron in it, and when iron is oxidized it rusts, and becomes red.

[@Pappy_1775]

Most Native American tribes name themselves in their own language as "the people" which this video translates as friends or allies but the more literal translation would be, "us". This also explains why the video says the Apache named Idaho from their word Idahey (Enemy) but the more literal translation would actually be just "them". Algonquian is the name of a language group of Native American peoples. Though there is an Algonquian tribe (which now resides near present-day Quebec), it is mostly used to describe a group of tribes using a similar language.

[@cassandradistin9699]

This is why there are places that mean things like “The place you are digging”. Someone asked a question and got a literal answer and took it to be a name.

[@spike3082]

Love how Millie got it right about New Jersey being named after the Island of Jersey and how James said old Jersey lol 😂😂😂

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

😅😅😅😅

[@IsraelShekelberg]

Algonquin (or Algonkin) in this case is a term for a family of languages that includs many languages in the eastern part of the US.

[@jayteegamble]

Minnesota here: The natives told the white explorers that the name of the river was Minnesota. The explorers knew that Mni meant water (today: Minneapolis=water city, Minnetonka=big water, Minnehaha=falling water) and for sota the natives poured milk into water. The explorers didn't get it so the natives pointed to the clouds. The explorers thought they were pointing to the sky and said "Ahh, land of the Sky Blue Waters!" Even though we know this is wrong many Minnesota brands advertise themselves as 'from the land of the sky blue waters' because it sounds better than 'from the land of cloudy water'.

[@LJBSullivan]

Minnehaha is laughing water it has a water fall.

[@jayteegamble]

@@LJBSullivan That is incorrect but a common belief. It means falling water.

[@wanderingheidi]

@@jayteegamble The top of Minnehaha Falls is "laughing water." Then the water falls down into Minnehaha Creek. 😂

[@jayteegamble]

@@wanderingheidi I'm not sure what you're saying. "Minnehaha: The name, often incorrectly said to mean "laughing water", literally translates to 'waterfall'"

[@wanderingheidi]

@@jayteegamble I'm saying that I think that's what the other comment meant. It was a joke and you're taking it too deep.

[@jolaynecooper5254]

I am from Utah and the state is full of Ute Indians. I was taught all my life that Utah was named after the Ute Indian Tribe.

[@lorihagerty7833]

That’s what I thought too. From the Ute tribe.

[@Kondase]

That’s what I had heard as well.

[@mermaid1717]

James.. it snows in places like Nevada. Las Vegas has gotten snow times before. But you also have to remember all the Rocky Mountains in places like Nevada & Arizona are very high, which means they get snow caps pretty regularly.

[@yugioht42]

Actually Sioux is pronounced Sue. Native Americans sometimes came to elementary schools and taught us a bit of history of their culture. It was one of those guest speakers deals during our classes on the Oregon trail or the trail of tears. It was actually kinda nice learning about what they were. Florida has a lot of people of Seminole heritage heck even the county I live in has the tribe’s name. It’s hard for them though as they haven’t really integrated into modern society too well as they tend to keep to their reservation and casino near Miami. A few wander up every once in a while though. They are having trouble just getting decent jobs without the casino because it’s literally all they know. It’s a hard life for them you know.

[@stevedietrich8936]

The people that we call Sioux (a French word) called themselves Lakota, Dakota, and perhaps other names. "Sioux" is not their word.

[@valentine_puppy]

It's Lakota not Sioux.

[@user-xe7mx2zw5u]

I'm a native american from North Carolina, and we are the forgotten people nobody don't now or ever has really cared about us in this country they only care about the blacks or whites, and sometime the latino, you never read or see on tv about native americans so as the saying goes we're the last on the totem pole, and for the last few year's all you hear is Black Lives Matter, but i'm hear to say "NO ALL LIVES MATTER, and don't you forget it.

[@patmeacham5667]

Seminoles are located closer to Ft Lauderdale. Miccosukki tribal lands are closer to Miami.

[@tammyparsons5656]

Check out the history on the Mounds that the Native Americans made in Ohio (serpent mound) and others. It's very interesting.

[@stevedietrich8936]

One thing that most of us don't appreciate is how MANY Native American tribes there are in the United States. A quick search says that the federal govenment recognizes 574 different Native American tribes within the 50 States. I never suspected that there were nearly that many.

[@jjkcharlie]

Half of those reside in Alaska.

[@areguapiri]

And they were all destroyed by the European invaders.

[@Meg0307]

​@@areguapiriNo they were not

[@casmatori]

You'll never know how many there were. Most of them were wiped out and raped by other native tribes long before any Europeans settled.

[@casmatori]

@@areguapiri Wrong

[@michaelschemlab]

Algonquian is a Native American language group

[@jdwilmoth]

I don't think the Indians or the indigenous people or whatever it is they want to be cold today was actually the first Americans I think they are a spin-off of the Mexicans specifically the Mayans the Incas and the Aztecs

[@ex-navyspook]

​@@jdwilmothThere you would be mistaken. The Mayans or Olmecs would have been the oldest on this list (from around 1500BC - 900 AD for the Mayans, 1200BC - 400BC for the Olmecs), but there's no genetic evidence of mixing between the existing Mayan populations (and there are millions), and the existing Mississippian populations (who only number in the hundreds today, the Natchez peoples being the largest surviving remnant). The Mississippian populations were most active between 800AD and 1600AD. As far as the Aztecs, they only popped up on the scene in the 14th Century, and were subjugated or all but wiped out by the Spanish in the 16th Century. The Inca were active in South America, and there's no evidence they ever crossed the Dalien Gap in Panama to explore Central America. As it is, they only appeared in the 13th Century, and were all but wiped out, or were subjugated, by Conquistadors under Pizarro by the late 16th Century (1572)

[@jdwilmoth]

@@ex-navyspook well it wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong and it won't be the last Maybe I should have went with the Zapotecs Mixteca Otomi Ot the Totonac

[@danwidner6721]

​@@ex-navyspookSince you seem pretty well educated on the subject and reasonable and not just throwing out random, untrue facts, I'm curious what you think about the idea that the Mexica (Aztecs) migrating from Texas, possibly as far as Georgia and the Carolinas and being decended from the Cherokee. I dont know if it's been proven yet, but I've heard interesting theories proposed by anthropologists.

[@jdwilmoth]

@@danwidner6721 it sounds very believable to me

[@RogCBrand]

One problem on his Oregon theory is that Oregano is not native here. It seems that someone figured the State and the herb sound so much alike, it must be the origin, but it can't be. The one big one he left out is the French word for Hurricane, which sounds a lot like Oregon, and those early French mountain men could have been here during a very stormy season and see the rough Pacific, and I can easily see a possibility for using that. Though it seems we'll never, ever really know the true origin.

[@tegansmom5]

The Fourth is one of those holidays when most things are closed, or have shortened hours. Malls and shops are closed. Grocery stores, pharmacies and gas stations are open. Perhaps more places in cities, but in the suburbs, most things are closed. No mail delivery either.

[@lisab.9956]

When water level is low, Colorado River can have a reddish muddy color. It flows through states with a lot of desert areas where soil is dry & rivers take on color of type of desert soil it flows through which varies from gray, brown, to brick red. Soil in many places contain clay. During monsoon (rainy) season, river level is higher & so it is more a blue/aqua color. Grand Canyon in Arizona was formed from the Colorado River. If you look at pictures, you can see many shades of red & brown rock layers it flowed through over the centuries to erode it to level it is now & river would have been that rock color during low water levels. (Today Arizona is well known for its red rocks.) O’Odham Native Americans still live on an reservation in Arizona & “small spring” refers to how low water levels of rivers & streams are throughout year because there is so little rainfall except during monsoon season. Names that are close to original Native American terms for rivers, mountains, plains, etc., is where state name originated, not from European influence or who discovered that Native Americans already lived there. When Europeans showed up, Native Americans already had names for everything. Europeans changed Native American terms to make them "sound" more European & so they were easier to spell. (Incas & Aztecs that lived in Mexico & Central America are also considered Native Americans.) Native Alaskans called Eskimos (a term they don't prefer/like) are Native American Iñupiats/Inuits. (Inuits are also found in western Canada & Greenland). Native American Alaskan Aleuts live on Alaska's Aleutian Islands, but are not considered Eskimos. Sioux is pronounced “Soo” (like word moo). Algonquin is Native American tribe that is divided into numerous other tribes that lived in Canada, New England, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, & Iowa. Within most states there are cities/towns, rivers, forests, etc., that still have Native American names which puzzle people visiting the U.S. who don’t understand the origin of their names. If you want to learn more about Native American tribes you can google it in general or a specific tribe. (Tribes are usually split into smaller tribes that each lived in their own area within the greater tribal area. Easier to understand if you think of the large tribe as a “state/territory” & sub-tribes within it as individual “cities” or “towns.”) Today what is known as U.S. history only dates back to about 1510s, but Native Americans possessed American land for centuries prior to European arrivals & tribes have rich histories. (America’s history didn’t just begin when colonies & then states & then a nation was formed.)

[@magnificentfailure2390]

The O'Odham have several reservations in Arizona, and they are defined as two different groups, the Akimel O'Odham and the Tohono O'Odham, meaning "River People" and "Desert People", respectively. As the word "O'Odham" just means "people", there are other, smaller groups who identify as O'Odham, the largest of those being the Ak-Chin O'Odham.

[@HermanVonPetri]

Y'all would probably be interested to learn about the Lewis & Clark expedition; the first serious attempt by the early US government to chart the newly acquired western lands of the Louisiana purchase and beyond to the Pacific coast. There aren't a lot of detailed videos about it on KZbin but the channel Megaprojects has a pretty decent one: "The Lewis and Clark Expedition: How the USA Discovered Its Eventual Western Borders." There are also more serious documentaries but they are significantly longer than your usual reactions.

[@Z_TPI]

No one asked, but here is Canada quickly explained 🤣 Canada - Kanata - Huron-Iroquois word for "village/settlement" Alberta - Queen Victoria's fourth daughter British Columbia - Originally Columbia. Named after the Columbia River. To avoid confusion with Columbia in South America, the Queen named it British Columbia Manitoba - likely comes from the Cree "Man-into-wahpaow", which means "the narrows of the Great Spirit" New Brunswick - to honour the reigning British monarch, King George III, who was also Duke of Brunswick. Newfoundland - discovered by John Cabot in 1497 as the “New Found Launde.” Northwest Territories - self explanatory as it was known as the Northwestern Territory Nova Scotia - Latin for New Scotland Nunavut - means “our land” in the Inuit language of Inuktitut Ontario - comes from the Iroquois word “kanadario”, meaning “sparkling” water. Prince Edward Island - to honour commander-in-chief of British North America, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Quebec - comes from the Algonquin word for “narrow passage” or “strait” Saskatchewan - The Cree name for the Saskatchewan River was “Kisiskatchewanisipi,” meaning “swift-flowing river.” Through common use, this eight-syllable name was shortened to Saskatchewan Yukon - probably comes from the word “Yu-kun-ah” meaning “great river.”

[@dkajj]

Except this vid was about the states, not Canada, eh? Maybe you get the next vid, if it is interesting enough, eh? 😮😉

[@cynthiadefrang4383]

Thank you. I don’t live anywhere near Canada (Texas) so this was fun to learn.

[@LarrySoltis-te5qr]

Great information . Thanks

[@chevy266nova]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@Cricket2731]

There is a joke by the residents of Nunavut: It got that name name because the White Man wanted "None of It".

[@HistoryNerd808]

Fun fact, that etymology is why "Friendship" is our state motto here in Texas.

[@richardcandelaria5436]

From the Indigenoius Tejas peoples

[@jeffreygonzales8071]

Colorado. Yes, it means Colored Red in English from the Spanish given word. I grew up in Colorado Springs & there is a red clay layer below the top soil. Should you go farther Southwest you will find more of the reddish clay soil. This is the region the Spanish explorers examined in the 15th & 16th century & inspired the name, Colorado. The rivers, including the Colorado River can give a deep red hue after the winter snow melts in the Springtime.

[@adventuresinlaurenland]

The Colorado River used to look red prior to the construction of Glen Canyon Dam. After the dam was constructed, the sandstone silt was trapped behind the dam and the river is now blue 😊

[@Michganfanatic]

Michigan: surrounded by its Great Lakes. Makes sense. They are like mini oceans. You don’t realize how big they are until you see them. Us Michiganders love our Great Lakes!

[@lorihagerty7833]

As do we in Northern Ohio. When I lived in San Francisco I wasn’t as impressed by the Pacific Ocean as most would be not living on a Great Lake.

[@frankisfunny2007]

For me, Native Americans don't get enough love here in the North America, sadly. Yet I live in a county that derives from Delaware Native American word for "sandy, or gravelly creek". In reference to the creek the county was named after. Stuff like that keeps these languages alive!

[@frankisfunny2007]

These names like Munsee, Algonquin, Cherokee, Iroquois, Alabama, Apache, etc. Those are Native American tribes. As far as I know, these Native American tribes had different languages to each other.

[@frankisfunny2007]

Also..... 23:25..... the guy mispronounces "Allegheny" as "Ah-LEH-gin-NEE", but it's "Al-LAH-GEI-nee"

[@dkajj]

​@@frankisfunny2007all tribes had differing languages and customs, very few were friendly to outsiders or each other, most were violent and kept slaves, took scalps, killed innocents, etc..... for no reason.

[@cynsi7604]

@@frankisfunny2007​that guy can hardly ever pronounce anything correctly. On his channel (forget the name of it) I had to stop watching because I’m constantly saying “that’s NOT how you pronounce it!” He butchers “almost” every Native word he pronounces.😖 I don’t think he even tries to look it up to see how words are pronounced (huge pet peeve, but then again…)😮 English isn’t his first language but he is also in a different country I believe. The first few seconds in I thought to myself “I don’t know if I’m going to be able to “listen“ to him mispronouncing things”. ~NC here & we also have an Allegheny (Co.) it’s where a lot of our Xmas trees are.🎄 Stay Cool (literally). 😎 ✌🏻

[@jacobmarx1994]

Utah is named after the Ute Indians! And yes the Colorado River looks like that once it gets to the desert of Utah. But in Colorado it’s mostly blue and rapids good for rafting snd kayaking! The Colorado River made the Grand Canyon too.

[@theblackbear211]

The Colorado river runs through a lot of territory where the soil color is distinctly red. before it was dammed - the river tended to carry so much sediment that that some wags said, "The Colorado is too thick to drink, but too thin to plow!"

[@calebwilliams7659]

What's really helpful is seeing a map of where all the different Native American tribes were living and what portion of North America was mostly considered to be their tribal lands around 1500 A.D. There are several maps on the internet which shows North America divided up by tribes rather than by states for reference. You'll also find a lot of counties that make up each state often will be named after an Indian tribe. Iowa is a very good example, it is made up of 99 counties and many of them are named after tribes.

[@lindacarroll6896]

Speaking of history: Most students, during their school years, do a class on state history, US history and World history. You learn about your state, but the US history class normally is about the states as a whole, not state by state. And world history is normally about big events and not individual countries. I am pretty sure what I was taught about world events is not the same as what students study today. More personal: I took an English Literature class that included a lot about British History.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Only learned some State History in Elementary but US history and World History are most common.

[@JasonJrake]

The Union Jack 🇬🇧 on the Hawaiian flag is because the last monarch of the islands, before it was “annexed” into the United States by big businesses, considered the UK her closest ally. Apparently it was the country that was most respectful of her as a queen, whereas most other countries considered the native Hawaiians too technologically “primitive” to acknowledge their leaders as “real” royalty. It is confusing as a U.S. student when you see 🇬🇧 on a state flag for the first time. I’m told by people who wear the state logo on a shirt or ring that it’s often mistaken for New Zealand.

[@user-Mike8290]

Colorado River is clear when it's just glacial melt but turns red when it rains hard and washes the red dirt from all the canyons down into the river .

[@NotKateHepburn]

Alabama isn't named for the river. It's named after the tribe Albaamo. They spoke Muskogean. They named the river and the state after these people. This tribe was written about by the first Europeans that came here, the Spanish, in 1540.

[@bfun4615]

Don't worry Millie... You're not the only one that forgets about Nebraska. (Coming from a Native Nebraskan.)

[@Alex-kd5xc]

Nebraska doesn’t exist

[@areguapiri]

NEE-braska

[@planatiasibotx7177]

Born of the Dinéh T’aa Nation: meaning “the first peoples, or people of this Nation, or traditionally known as the ‘the holy peoples’” (in Spanish: The Navajo Nation of New Mexico and Arizona), I am glad to hear our First Nations represented. As long as I’ve lived here I never knew the origins of the states myself. Thank you for sharing this video. It’s a huge eye opener. It’s sad that many of our First Peoples (native Americans, or indigenous peoples) do not exist today, but can be remembered by these names. My grandfather told me that the states were given these tribal names to identify locations as settlers drew their maps of each territory. If they could just remember where each body of water is then they’ll know which territory they were in. And, of course, the rivers means a lot to the first peoples because it is the source of life to us. The River releases it’s spirit and soul so we could live and breathe. And the connecting of rivers represents our connection as one… traditionally speaking of course. For the longest time the name “Indian” bothered me. Because we’re not Indians. We don’t come from India! (No disrespect), so we just started calling ourselves ‘the first peoples’ of this land. I don’t even use the word Native Americans either because I had an altercation with a white woman about the use of the meaning “native”. She claims she could identify herself as a Native American because she was born in America. She is native to America. So I started using ‘first peoples’ instead. Then she argued that a small part of her genealogy is connected to the Cherokee or the Comanche tribe. I had to walk away laughing. They always say that. 🙄🤭 She says… “we have a Cherokee princess in our bloodline so that make me of royal descent!” 😂😂😂 Anyway… I just let her have that. You never know these days what anyone can find in their genealogy these days using Ancestry.com 🙄🤦 Anyhoo… thanks guys! This was another great video. Y’all are so awesome. Love ya!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

1:45 can you trust a source that says "Aslaska"?

[@bibles1234]

It's a Federal Holiday, no mail delivered, banks are closed and 90% of business are closed or paying time and a half.

[@dkajj]

I tried calling my kids' doctors office 2day. Closed. Had to ask a doctor friend I know for advice.

[@yugioht42]

Florida actually got its name from the flowers in florida. named by Ponce de leon. he actually saw many new species unfortunately he was a conqueror though fortunately he did not encounter the native seminole indian tribes as that would have been disastrous. He did explore from miami's bay to st augustine doing a few stops to camp for a few nights.

[@Floren_Andro]

What do you mean by..."fortunately he did not encounter the native seminole indian tribes as that would have been disastrous?" Currently only about 3000 of them survive... And you can still give thanks because of the 13 original English colonies, not one is left alive...

[@theblackbear211]

The Spanish influence - particularly with place names extends from Florida to Alaska. The city of Ketchikan sits on Revillagigedo Island (good luck with that pronunciation), named for Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, the viceroy of New Spain (Mexico) in the late 18th century. Likewise, the San Juan Islands in the State of Washington are also named in his honor, as well as Guemes Island, and Orcas Island (Orcas being an abbreviation of Horcasitas.) Vancouver Island (in Canada) and the Olympic Peninsula (in the US) are separated by the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

[@vickiekezele8520]

I'm from Kentucky and in our Kentucky history class we were taught that the name derived from an Indian word meaning dark and bloody ground. This was because various Native American tribes considered this area as their hunting ground and would fight other tribes for the right to use it as such. That was a long time ago. 😁

[@bambamnj]

It's actually called "Independence Day" and it is a Federal Holiday so almost all government offices, banks, post offices are closed and most businesses do observe it but essential services, food stores and restaurants may be open. Since it's always observed on July 4th, it has become commonly called "The 4th of July" celebration/holiday.

[@samieltheinfamous]

I'd always heard that Utah was named for the Ute tribe. Fun fact, Apache is a Ute word also meaning "enemy." Colorado means "colorful," not "colored," and that is indeed red clay. Three of the six Sioux (pronounced "Soo," not "See-ewe") nations with similar sounding names: Nakota, Dakota, and Lakota. Arkansas is pronounced "Ar-can-saw."

[@xoxxobob61]

FLORIDA was discovered by the Spaniards during the Easter Weekend in 1514 and noticed the abundance of flowers hence the name "Pascua Florida" or "Flowery Easter".

[@yugioht42]

Don’t you mean isla Florida for beautiful flowers as it was taught in school.

[@xoxxobob61]

@@yugioht42 I'm a Floridian and never heard that.

[@xenialafleur]

The Louisiana Territory is almost all prime farmland, so yes it's worth a lot of money.

[@theblackbear211]

Many folks think of Nevada as "hot" - because most people experience visiting Nevada in Las Vegas - which is low desert. but the majority of Nevada is mountainous high desert - which is indeed quite cold in the wintertime.

[@bambamnj]

Yes, the Colorado River use to be red, due to the minerals and sild that leached from the limestone, which is all around the river. However, when man created the Glen Canyon Damn, it prevented this mineral/silt from flowing downstream so the river no longer runs red.

[@LaShumbraBates]

Well, he wasn't lying when he said he was mispronouncing many of the names. 😅

[@Latinblu]

The original video had an understandable pronunciation error. Sioux, he pronounced See-oo, is actually pronounced Soo.

[@jeffking4176]

Well….. He did say his pronunciation could be off. And he said it several times. 📻🙂

[@YT-Observer]

several actually but some of it is also about accent

[@Latinblu]

@@jeffking4176yup, that’s why I said it’s an understandable error

[@2012escapee1]

Spending the 4th of July up in the cool, snow capped mountains of Nevada. ❤

[@Blondie42]

I'm sooo jealous 😫 I hate the heat

[@melenedezssss]

Though not connected but coincidental, Ohio is also the word for Good Morning in Japanese.

[@-TheOracle-]

That was fun, ty!

[@TheNewRevolution]

This was a great video. With a ton of great information. But I must agree with the narrator that his pronunciation was not very good. It's hard for many people to pronounce the words of native language. Pretty much all of them were wrong. Many of the words are still used today. Like the word Sioux. They are still a tribe. It's pronounced like "sue" as in the name of a girl Sue or to take someone to court and Sue them. Many of the locations still use the native name. Like the Alleghany river. It's pronounced "Al-eh-gain-ee". Other than butchering some of the words it was great.

[@skyhawk_4526]

Or a Buy Named Sue. (Or is it a boy named Sioux?)

[@chaffkell]

Born and raised in Idaho, Idaho means Gem of the Mountains hence the gem state, and Montana is one of the most mountainous states in the US, the guy really doesn't know as much as he thinks he does

[@monicapdx]

He's definitely got a strong accent, but I have no idea where from. He's better on the Spanish and French names. (Ah, man, if we could have a nickel for everyone who ever called the Sioux the 'sigh-ox'...or variations like his. 😂)

[@debprice2393]

When there is run-off from the mountain streams the water is really red in Colorado so it makes sense that those streams empty into the Colorado River and turns the river red. It's really cool when the run-off merges with the streams!

[@jackmessick2869]

I live in Idaho. The man who suggested the name claimed it meant "Gem of the Mountains" in a local native language. However, he totally made it up. The Geography King channel called Idaho his favorite state name because it doesn't really mean anything! 😂

[@mpdw3j]

What would you nam…”Millie.” 😂

[@stellaandes759]

There are two tribes in Utah and nearby states, Goshute and Ute. University of Utah calls its students Utes, with the permission of the tribe to keep it. The logo is a Native American drum with a feather. The mascot was changed to a red tailed hawk in recent years as the naming of mascots and teams was changed from tribal names was considered derogatory.

[@bturner540]

In SW Utah there is the Paiute tribe also.

[@user-kl7qe1zu5v]

"What is a ute?" (Name that movie 😜)

[@lianabaddley8217]

Besides not doing his homework on Utah. He also didn't watch the 2002 Wintern Olympic Games. Aren't there 8 different Indian tribes in Utah. Which is why there's an 8 sided Star on the new flag.

[@danwidner6721]

​@@user-kl7qe1zu5v"The two Utes in question". "A wha..? What is a 'Ute'?" "I'm sorry. The two 'YOUTHS'". Hopefully nobody gets offended because I don't meant it to be that way but I ALWAYS think of that scene when I happen to catch the University of Utah football team on TV lol. 'My Cousin Vinny'- for anyone that hasn't seen the movie (probably most people under 30 lol)

[@marycoombe2436]

We have had a TV series named, “How the States Got Their Shapes,”. As it is a series they are able to spend more time on each state and teach about how the borders got defined for each state as well as the names. Extremely interesting.

[@susanmillhorn4677]

Hello from Holtwood pa!off today!My 4th is very quiet and by myself because Hubby is in a nursing home.

[@countygraybeal6901]

Dang! Of course, I'd end up in Idaho! Lol

[@bambamnj]

Algonquian refers to a large group of people who lived primarily in the southern part of Canada.

[@gail6384]

The Colorado river here in Colorado turns that color every spring during the spring thaw and runoff when all the melting snow runs into the river.

[@ClariNerd]

There's a long running joke that Illinois was named after the local natives asking the french people to "speak normally" and stop speaking gibberish.

[@WolfLove89]

I had to work, time and a half. Spent part of it listening to y'all's videos

[@Blondie42]

What did Tennessee? Precisely what Arkansas. 😎 What did Delaware? A New Jersey.

[@smokeyverton7981]

Gotta get Mississippi in there somewhere

[@bill.godwin-austen]

And drank a Minnesota.

[@trebcabb]

When I started learning piano in the late fifties one of the first instruction books had this song in it: "What did Delaware to Georgia’s party down in Maryland?/She wore a New Jersey that Virginia bought in Michigan../Did you see that Tennessee did see a saw in Arkansas? For this silly song of states, Iowa big apology!"

[@trebcabb]

@@smokeyverton7981 Easy. I'd like an explanation as to how MISSISsippi became the father of waters.

[@Blondie42]

@trebcabb I love it. And I need to use that Iowa joke. My Maine bit is genius and/or merely clever puns. 👍

[@sjsz06]

Since I’m retired (75y old) I was at home. Lots of fireworks in our neighborhood. Nearly constant booms. And it’s drizzling. 😊

[@sjsz06]

Guess I should note that we are near Atlanta.

[@MagsonDare]

I grew up in illinois and we were always taught that it was the "French-ized" spelling of the Illini tribe and it meant "superior people" since the illini were sort of overlords of many other tribes in the area.

[@redbluestar2308]

Great reaction! I have said this in a couple other people's reactions to this video, he pronounces ojibwe wrong, It's o-jeeb-way (for the jeeb part it's like how you would say jeep, but with a b instead of a p). Not trying to criticize him, he's amazing, just letting you know so if you ever come across it again you know how it's supposed to be pronounced.

[@andreabryant9979]

So interesting! I enjoyed that one.

[@lnytita6763]

Aloha! 🤙When you got to the "New Jersey" reaction part, I started singing in my head, 🎶 "It's a small world after all....." 😆 🤙

[@OddBallPerformance]

Don't worry, everybody forgets about Nebraska. We are just here doing our own thing. As for the name, the video really glosses over the WHY the names are given. Nebraska has a ridiculous amount of rivers and streams, having more riverfront land than any other U.S. State. Since the elevation gradient of the state is such a slow drop across a large distance there are many places where the bigger rivers are prone to spread out creating huge flowing wetlands and flood plains. Hence, "Flat Water"

[@gazoontight]

The Puerto Rico - San Juan switch (supposedly) was a mistake by a cartographer.

[@blaizeburley8673]

No one heard that scream at 24:03??? 😂😂

[@honorablechairmanmeow8698]

I can’t tell if that’s like…. A bird or a mountain lion, maybe a small child? I was just as confused.

[@knightspearhead5718]

14:36 Algonquian is another native tribe that was discovered by the French before the Quapaw

[@jstraight1667]

Connecticut: Where >50% of our segment was spent pronouncing the Algonquin word we were named after

[@robertnelson1249]

Utah is actually named after the tribe that lived in the area, Utes (pronounced YOOTS)

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

I thought it was pronounced Youts like You toots. 😅

[@robertnelson1249]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworld it is.

[@BIG-DIPPER-56]

VERY GOOD ! ! ! THANK YOU ! ! ! 🙂😎👍

[@billboth6572]

The name "Utah" originates from the Native American "Ute" tribe which means people of the mountains. This is the primary theory, the 2nd is rom the Apache word "yuttahih" meaning "one/those that is/are higher up". Either way, the Native Tribe is called UTE - The University of Utah, at the blessing of the UTE TRIBE are called the UTEs or the RUNNING UTEs

[@SrpskoNightmare]

I did work today from 7 to 3 and got my overtime for it and I’m also celebrating tonight with beer and fireworks so win-win all the way

[@blinky705]

Good grief. The film immediately misspells Alaska.

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

24:04 random woman screaming in the background like a Banshee.

[@daydreamer7832]

My 4th of July was fantastic

[@sandyangel4243]

My family came here in 1910 from Alderany Island. Would love to visit just to explore all the places my grandfather did

[@Logan-ed4pu]

I work in tech support for an ISP, so I was on the clock today, but thankfully I get holiday pay on top of hourly, so I got paid double today lol.

[@steve-175]

Fun fact Michigan didn't have the U.P at first. The bottom of Mich. Went all the way over below Lake Mich. Indiana and Illinois did not have land access to Lake Mich. So the govt. Gave Michigan the land known as the upper peninsula to Mich. In exchange for moving their border to the East abit. A small bit of land compare to the U.P if I remember right Mich. Wasn't to happy about it

[@ronlowney4700]

Montana is Very Mountainous in the Western Half of the state, so the commentator doesn't know what he is talking about! 😬

[@KurNorock]

Just a clarification, the southwest was NOT conquered by the US. What actually happened was that Mexico started a war with the US over a border dispute in Texas. The US won the war and Mexico paid recompense by giving the US their northern territories.

[@karladoesstuff]

The great falls of the Little Colorado River, a tributary in northern Arizona, is so brown it looks like something out of Willie Wonka.

[@Moraenil]

My Dad has kayaked the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon many times, and I remember, as a kid, looking at all his pictures and wondering why he was boating on chocolate milk. LOL.

[@andybiz4273]

Interestingly enough, the Green Mountain Boys flag is still used as the representation of the Vermont National Guard forces.

[@dawnbaker9274]

I was taught that Texas was derived from an Indian word "tejas" meaning friend or friendly.

[@meganmichaelleames1143]

When I was 12, our history teacher had us create our own state and discuss how it got its name, the culture that was there, any wars it was in and the politics that came from it.... I named mine Bonjovi😂.....

[@jolaynecooper5254]

An Algonquin term is from the Algonquin Indian Tribe language.

[@wildfirewatcher6809]

proud resident of Big Lake here. the names of the great lakes touching michigan roughly translate to: -lake big lake (lake michigan) -shiny lake (lake huron) -long lake (lake erie) -B I G G E S T L A K E (lake SUPERIOR)

[@barbaracline9064]

The Algonquin people are an Indigenous people who now live in Eastern Canada. They speak the Algonquin language, which is part of the Algonquian language family.

[@mikeg.4211]

The Algonquin were a native tribe, and also the term expanded to include Algonquin speaking language peoples. The tribe living in Illinois was called the Illini tribe.

[@JnWmMatt]

My grandmother's name was Millie ❤.

[@elisedennis7870]

Yes the Colorado river does look like that in certain areas and at certain times of the year especially during the spring and early summer months due to soil and rock erosion during the winter melting season

[@kailynnnelson2435]

There was a show a while back called How the States Got Their Shapes where they talked about how the boarders for all the states were drawn. It was interesting kind of like this video. Can't for the life of me remember what network it was on though.

[@danwidner6721]

I think it was the History Channel

[@ytiniowa828]

Regarding the Louisiana Purchase...in 2022 the farmland in the state of Iowa alone was valued at $407.3 billion dollars (35.7 million acres @ $11,411.00/acre).

[@easybreezy4559]

Y’all are adorable! It’s us!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@hamburglar83]

Illinois meaning “speaks normally” is ironic because northwestern school of journalism in the state made the American dialect used by a lot of journalist as they went there. It’s now replaced a lot of dialects because media used it for years.

[@kbrewski1]

The Colorado River, especially in its lower stretch as it flows towards California/Nevada, is "redder" or rusty in appearance because 1) the canyons which were carved out by the river have layer after layer of sedimentary pulverized rock which is reddish in color (see Grand Canyon). That reddish color reflected down onto the water makes the water appear reddish. 2) the constant flow of the river through all those states, picks up the reddish dirt/silt and carries it toward the ocean, so that results in a muddy looking "dirty red brown" river. Re the Louisiana Purchase that President Thomas Jefferson masterminded, that territory encompasses basically the entire Midwestern farmland areas cut flat by glaciers from the Ice Age, thus creating the flatland and prairies that became known as the "Breadbasket of the World" with its vast Wheat, Corn Soybean etc crops, plus contained the all important lower portions of the Mississippi Delta as well as the entire Missouri River from Colorado, near Idaho all the way through to St Louis in Missouri. Your value estimate now had me snickering. The agricultural value alone of that land is worth trillions and trillions of $$, not to mention all the oil (Oklahoma, Texas) and Natural Gas sources. Plus, that area was the home to all the Buffalo that roamed the praries (see Dances With Wolves) which is why the Prairies in the US are known as the "American Serengeti". This video makes clear just how much the original Native Americans had in forming, settling and shaping this country long before the Spaniards, French and English got here, and how much land we basically took from them along the way. There were Native Indian tribes EVERYWHERE!!

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

A little fun fact about the Native Americans is that we delt with them. We learned their ways of fighting, raiding, and warfair. So by the revolutionary war started in 1775 we had adopted to their ways and used it against the British. The British wasnt used to this style of fighting. They was used to fightig face to face in lines of battle on open ground. The American colonials militia and minutemen would hide behind walls/trees, raiding back line supply lines, and simple hit and run tactics of fighting. basically Guerrilla Warfare tactics. So it was partly thanks to the Native American Indians that we was able to win our Independence.

[@trekkerj]

Hi Old Jersey! -From New Jersey.

[@TheBeesleys99]

Hello New Jersey :D

[@rastaninja3054]

Most of Marylands counties are banned after British royalty with a handful of counties in the Eastern shore of Maryland that have native/indigenous names