Origin of US State Names

[@Fireoflearning]

1. Apologies Patreon supporters, I forgot to add your slide at the end. I'll give you extra time next video. 2. Arizona's name does not come from the Spanish "Arid Zona". That is a common myth, and there are some sources listed here: archive.azcentral.com/news/columns/articles/0211clay0211.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona www.etymonline.com/search?q=Arizona

[@Fireoflearning]

@@DJTreviCSRecordings I would not use it as my only source, because any fool can get on and edit it, you're right, but it is a much more reliable place for information than it's given credit for. It's a website patrolled by an army of nerds where a whole list of sources are often given reinforcing their claims. I think it's a good place to start with a topic, personally.

[@barthill9578]

@@DJTreviCSRecordings I call it waki-pedia

[@thomashughes4859]

@@Fireoflearning Exactly, Fire. The footnote list is quite formidable on Wiki. There is where you'll find the jewels.

[@jagdpanther1944]

@@barthill9578 sorry, I just spat out my coffee....brilliant:)

[@colerac]

Louisiana is not only named after king Louis it’s a confining of Louis and anna. A nod to both

[@abacaxi.maldoso]

Summarizing, english nobles, french, spanish and native americans, rivers, mountains, and weather.

[@user-hy3bk1ct5h]

TIL: most US state names have the word "river" in them in some shape or form

[@gumbyshrimp2606]

There are more than 5 that don’t... and there are 50 states

[@Questionable_Content]

More like most of them are named after tribes and peoples

[@riograndedosulball248]

That also stands for most Brazilian states too if you look into it

[@dtvjho]

Many states in India have the word Pradesh in their names, which means region.

[@sleazyp36]

Florida is actually named after Flo Rida the famous rapper.

[@maldohan9097]

LMAO 😆

[@themanagement69]

Lulz

[@aaronobyonek7206]

Haha good one

[@kimberlys8422]

HAHA It was named because the Spanish arrived and saw shit tons of azealeas. And hydrangeas. "Land of Flowers"

[@DiegoGarcia-ux1ml]

You are a true intellectual

[@kunven]

I speak spanish natively, "orejon" means roughly "big eared" from the word for ear "oreja" and the suffix for big "on"

[@therealmaskriz5716]

Yeah the only meaning i could deduct aswell.

[@thomashughes4859]

In Spanish WIKI, it might have been named for Aragón as well. Both are close. Great point. I wonder if the volcanoes looked quasi ears in the distance?!?

[@RichyArg]

it's also a name for dried fruit slices (here in mexico at least) but it's probably from the ear part

[@thomashughes4859]

@@RichyArg Interesting. I am in West-Central Mexico, and "Romaine" lettuce is called "orejona" as well. Lots of variations even within 100 miles in each of the Mexican "pueblitos". Great to chat with you guys!

[@dondeestaCarter]

My guess was that indian tribes there had big ears. Spaniards have a tradition of nick-naming things after physical features, like an elementary school bully. For example, Patagonia, comes from "patagones", meaning "big feet" because the indians there were taller than the conquistadors and had big feet.

[@austinburke4334]

“So now instead of getting it confused with Washington DC, it gets confused with..........Washington DC.” As a lifelong Washington State resident, I’m so glad you recognize our pain as we have to constantly clarify where we are from when we travel.

[@dtvjho]

The same happens for New York. Too often people mean the city when they say "going to New York". There's a lot of State outside the City!

[@stargazer7184]

That's pretty funny. I have friends from both places, and they just say either "I'm from Washington state" or "I'm from DC"

[@imperson1785]

That's funny because I've had friends who thought Washington DC was IN Washington state. Also many sports teams are named Washington with respect to the capital and not the state yet so many people still get confused.

[@hockeyteeth]

I'm from Buffalo. When I say I live in New York I get the same shit. Didn't everyone sit in front of a map all throughout school classrooms? Obviously a lot of kids weren't interested in it. Idiots.

[@liberalegypt]

I think the solution to name the district of Columbia to be district of Washington so any thing related to the capital is Washington and every thing related to Washington is the capital And the Washington state to be American Columbia to deference it from British Columbia in Canada

[@frankwu4747]

So, “Lake Michigan” means “Lake Big Lake”. Lol

[@AnhTrieu90]

Ironically, it’s only the second largest of the fives.

[@generalhyde007]

Anh Trieu I thought it was the 3 largest. I think Huron is the 2nd largest.

[@snoofyair4744]

@@generalhyde007 Huron & Michigan is one lake

[@steveguild871]

@@snoofyair4744 No, it's not.

[@mshikendodem4316]

Not really big lake in Anishinaabe is gichi gami, not michigan.

[@TheDarthbinky]

5:50 - It should be noted that "Mexico" itself comes from the Aztecs. The Aztec Empire was essentially three neighboring city-states allied together to form a country of sorts. "Mexica" refers to the people of Tenochtitlan, the most powerful of the three city-states and the alliance's de facto rulers.

[@rathersane]

I’ll add that Tenochtitlan was located in the Valley of Mexico (named, of course, for the Mexica), which corresponds roughly to the modern-day Mexican state of Mexico, after which the country named itself.

[@ranua9327]

Mexica people = Aztec people

[@TheDarthbinky]

@@ranua9327 Technically, yes, but "Aztec" can refer to lots of groups. I find it's easier to just call the Mexica "Mexica" to avoid confusion. :-)

[@anticitizenjuan]

50 State Capital Name Meanings!

[@michaelweiske702]

Indianapolis: Indiana City: City of the land of the indians

[@TrangDB9]

Miami is from another tribe from the region.

[@TheDarthbinky]

Maine's capital, Augusta, was named after Henry Dearborn's daughter, Augusta Dearborn. Dearborn was a general during the War for Independence, and then he represented Maine (which was a district of Massachusetts at the time) in Congress when the town was named. New Hampshire's capital is Concord. There was a border dispute between two towns; Concord was created to resolve it, and is named after the "concord" (peace treaty) that ended the dispute. Montpelier, Vermont is named after Montpellier, France, and means "pilgrim mountain". Boston is named after a town in England, and means "Botwulf's Town" (Botwulf being an old Anglo-Saxon saint). Hartford, Connecticut was named after Hertford, England, and Hertford basically means "river crossing where stags are". Providence, Rhode Island was originally settled by religious dissenters who fled from Massachusetts, and is thus named after "God's merciful providence". There's all of New England for ya. :-D

[@Scrublorrdo]

TrangDB9 I mean Miami isn't a capital though

[@The_Yosh]

Oklahoma City is hard

[@globalSchelmuffsky]

i'm so fascinated by your state flags. didn't imaging that they were so diverse, some even very rich in detail.

[@stargazer7184]

Sadly most of them aren't actually that diverse, and are just a blue background with the state seal. Fun vexillology fact, the C on the Colorado flag doesn't stand for Colorado, it stands for Centennial.

[@raquelmeirinhos9705]

Also he didnt do the flags, don’t say “your state flags” theyre the real state flag, also some flags are outdated

[@HistoryGarden]

The name for Rhode Island is actually the "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations"

[@volo1826]

Why is the name larger than the state itself? What a useless state

[@timberthus2562]

Not anymore.

[@mecha1gold]

You forgot to mention that the name of Texas is written as such in old Spanish just like Mexico, when the 'x' was pronounced with a "sh" sound. So in Spanish it was pronounced Teshas to refer to the natives which used that word "tysha" that in Spanish would sound like "tesha", meaning friend or ally, to describe the Spanish, but the Spanish took it as the name of the people that lived there. Since any time they would use it they most likely got positive feedback from the natives!

[@Suite_annamite]

@1:17: I was told that the *Spanish* named the *Pacific coast north of Mexico* "California" quite simply because it *vaguely reminded them of North Africa* (in reference of lands of the caliphs).

[@MachineThatCreates]

I'm not even American and I gave it a like. Assuming this is accurate it's great to see the native languages have their voice.🏜️

[@ericlefeld8059]

The Washington meme was funny.

[@masonsmith4435]

I love how KZbin’s stupid AI ruins doesn’t let educational videos show a picture of the Mississippi flag because it has a Virginian battle flag but the flag of Georgia with a confederate flag is a okay. I Love your videos though!!

[@wms1650]

If CNN starts a campaign against Georgia's flag and it gets traction then KZbin will remove Georgia's Flag pictures.

[@wms1650]

@Abigail Boots Right Abigail Boots. Nudging us softly. If a person disagrees it isn't seen as a different opinion it is racist, homophobic, xenophobic, anti inclusive and sometimes uneducated. Free speech for the enlighten only.

[@wms1650]

@Abigail Boots Perfect illustration of speech not agreed to by most but still should be allowed or discussed.

[@dtvjho]

@@wms1650 And then CNN and Google will just get into even more trouble from the other side. Yup, it exists: the nascent right-leaning media! In spite of CNN treating them as the "enemy", this new media, while small, is in a boom, fast growth. Not big enough yet to attract the big corporate ad dollars. At the same time CNN is losing audience. I heard their 2019 ratings are far less than half what they enjoyed in the 1990s. This info has borne out, as CNN laid off significant staff a few months ago. Ratings at MSNBC are also down but not as bad as CNN. Management at CNN just isn't getting it: the problem is likely with their product. Of the audience that left, most feel like they've been chased out. Add this: many in Congress are aware of the problems with big (social) media and will likely act to force them to decide between acting as a simple innocuous platform, or to be partisan actors (the law treats these two groups differently). Can't tell when, though.

[@wms1650]

@@dtvjho I agree with most of what you wrote. I differ about the social media part. I think the democrats in office know they are helped by Google, Facebook and Twitter. Just my opinion James Olson.

[@thomashughes4859]

7:12 - It might have been named for [Nuevo] Aragón in Spain. Upon linguistic corruption, you have today's name. Orejón would "someone" with big ears. Tossing it out there.

[@yamnueva2932]

Oregon= oregano plant

[@matiastoro1667]

I always thought Texas came from "tejas" which means roof tile, and it had kept the x instead of the j like in old Spanish. Another thing, 2 graphic design suggestions. 1. Don't stretch the images in one dimension only, always proportionally, better if you want them in a fixed space, crop them. Or better yet place them all side by side, and then stretch them all proportionally until they fill the width you want. 2. The font you're using on the states and the explanation: Either there's something wrong with the kerning of the font, or if you're tinkering with it in some places, don't. Those initial double-ues, like in 8:53 are way out of place.

[@stadtwolf42]

Two comments: I ve heard that Texas has it‘s origin in the spanish word „teja“ meaning curved brick and Minnesota meaning skyblue or better azure waters

[@v.e.7236]

I've had a fascination w/ word roots and origins (etymology) from a very early age, as both my parents were readers, my mother was a stickler about pronunciation, which sparked my interest. Well done!

[@MiguelT2006]

'Orejón' in castilian means 'someone with big ears' ('orejas'). It's also a dryed peach.

[@Carlos-nq7up]

Interesting Video, I gave it a like. I was an O.T.R. Truck Driver for a little bit, and remember that I once drove through the state of Montana, and was in awe at how mountainous the state is. Then I thought about the name of the state, and thought to myself, Montana is probably, "Montaña" or Mountain in Spanish. The name is just missing the squiggly line that goes on top of the last "n" in Montaña.

[@sadvenom7826]

7:14, orejon, tiene orejas grandes chucha lol.

[@khall187]

For those wondering: the Mississippi flag has resemblance to the confederate flag

[@brantleyhester6641]

It has the Confederate battle flag in top left corner

[@Roca005]

K. Hall no! To the battle flag

[@The_Yosh]

Virginia Battle Flag, the part that looks like the confederate flag isn’t censored

[@keltondavis4559]

Yeah Georgia's is the actual Confederate flag

[@zeezao8196]

And why is it under censorship?

[@destinydolly839]

This is honestly the best yt channel out there. I know Mr. Fire of Learning Guy probably works very hard, at least that’s what these videos show. Thank you for your time Mr. FoL Guy. Keep up the gr8 wrk!

[@_dain_bramaged_9346]

Spot on pronunciation of the Ojibwe words. Keep the videos coming

[@shawnpa]

Nice compilation. Amazing amount of native American influence in the names, as well as Spanish. I had no idea Wyoming was named after an area in northeastern PA. Very close to where I'm at now in a hotel.Nice research. Thank you.

[@yugiohpacker]

Never knew so many states were named from native origin!

[@thecplman1]

Honestly, I'm not surprised that most of the State names come from Native American words.

[@sadvenom7826]

MinecraftSamurai makes sense tho, these were once native lands. just like old cities in Europe, like Cartagena Spain, named by the Carthage peoples, but now populated by spanish people.

[@kaylew108]

Because they were more respected, formidable and influential than what we think. Bad things happened all around, but there is more to it than the black and white history we grow up in school with. Indian culture and influence is all around us, and if "genocide" was the real aim of early Americans and U.S. government than we wouldn't have so much of it around us, let alone States named for them.

[@bobs182]

They showed us around and we took over.

[@fablb9006]

Well, that is kind of obvious, no ??

[@cashvanblaricom7781]

You should make a video like this but with the countries of the world.

[@TheDarthbinky]

Heh, the majority of them are some variant of "land of [fill in the blank] people" or "our country".

[@uuutuuube3691]

Interesting video, thanks, it surprised me how many are named in relation to native american traditions. It's quite progressive for a country that at times tried to wipe out their way of life. The history is clearly more complex than I thought.

[@Numba003]

As a resident of Arkansas, I appreciate your pronunciation explanation regarding Kansas. Stay well out there everybody, and Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊

[@John.B.Jenkins]

@4:48 well played. Oh dear God how well this is played. Good job chap.

[@MajesticGoatt]

1:52 such a dull voice, but a really good joke. It took me a couple seconds to realize what he said, then I wheeze-laughed the loudest I ever had in my life

[@DiscoveringJustice]

This was in my recommended for some reason and here I am

[@ToyInsanity]

This channel is the only 10 I see

[@timtime88]

early explores: we walked here. it must be an island.

[@timtime88]

we know.

[@florida9962]

@I love Angelique Florida: *a m i a j o k e t o y o u ?*

[@charliegonzalez6075]

Orejon in Spanish, I was told meant “large ears.”

[@bawonobudiwaskito]

Im sorry that Washington part is hilarious. Great video!

[@ivystuart1736]

Hey I'm from CO! Love your content thank you so much for making these

[@NoMereRanger73]

You’re right about Utah. But Ute is pronounced “Yoot.” It means “Top Of the Mountains.” :)

[@ispartacus1337]

Unless you're Joe Pesci then Ute is what you call a young person. They were troubled Utes

[@dtvjho]

A small tidbit: A Ute in Australia is the same as a pickup truck in the US.

[@horvathlaszlo96]

This channel is a gold mine!

[@TheNutshaq]

Thank you, I now know where my state got it’s name. I never would’ve guessed that the first president was our namesake!

[@raquelmeirinhos9705]

Hope this is sarcasm

[@roderickclerk5904]

4:47 Sad that a state flag has to be covered up in an educational video about official states and their names. I understand why Fire of Learning did it though. Funny thing is Geogias flag is literally the actual CSA flag with just a coat of arms of some sort added.

[@jacobhall3186]

Roderick Clerk yeah I’ve always found it ironic that people made Georgia change their flag where it used to be the same as Mississippi only to make it resemble the CSA flag even more.

[@jerrycorrea5974]

Oh, Florida Man...

[@scottcarlow9330]

Idaho is actually named after Duncan Idaho the loyal swordmaster of House Atreides, although he won’t be born for another 13,000 years old so.

[@paulomota7602]

Hi, regarding Oregon, I know the Spanish conquerors of Mexico called another tribe, which I don't recall at the moment, "Orejones" which means "big ears". Thanks.

[@stargazer7184]

Hey buddy, fellow Coloradoan here, and Colorado actually just means "colored". The suffix "ado" meaning past tense or having been done, as opposed to "ando" meaning in the process of. So if it were Colorando, it would mean coloring, but Colorado means colored. More accurate by meaning might be "colorful" but the literal translation is colored. Not unlike Nevada, which you more accurately point out means "snow covered" or more directly, snowed. (color being a masculine word and ending in O, and nieva being feminine and ending in A) "Rojo" means red, and is nowhere in our name. Don't feel bad, i was fed the same misinformation as a kid by non-Spanish speaking school teachers. Edit: okay dude. I paused the video at Colorado to offer a correction on our state's name, but as I pressed on it became harder not to offer more corrections. Like, for examples, "Charles" in French is not pronounced like Carol, it's pronounced like "Sharll", like WW2 hero and later French president Charles du Gaul. Also, I may be mistaken on this one, but why do you call one language group Souian and another Dakota? Souix was the French name for the Lakota, who along side the Dakota and Nakota were a part of the greater Dakota tribal group. Also Utah. In the greater Sonoran language group, adding 'tah to the end of a word means "land of", so Utah literally means Land of the Ute, who, as a Coloradoan you should know, were forced out by mormons and relocated here to Colorado. Similarly, my Navajo friends, (or rather Dine') call their land Dine'tah. Also, Ute is pronounced "yoot" not "yoo-tay".

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Very interesting video.

[@FIREPOSER]

I see there's a few corrections with some state names in the comments, especially a few Spanish ones, and I also speak Spanish and I want to point out that "Nevada" really means "snowfall", but I suppose the state was referred that way by Spanish-speakers because of snow covered mountains and such, so you're not wrong with historical background of the word for that state.

[@Matt02341]

I love how you segued into Massachusetts and explained how Washington is so clear

[@sohopedeco]

Wait, isn't Arizona named after "árida zona"?

[@colacao6065]

The problem of the toponomic origin of some ancient territories is that it isn't known exactly where exactly they come from, they can be one thing, another, a mixture of those two things... A small correction, it's "Zona árida", not "Árida zona"

[@sohopedeco]

@@colacao6065 Not the most common, but adjective order can be inverted in Spanish too, just like English.

[@dtvjho]

@Art Anson Arid Zone, alright :-)

[@patrickperry6945]

Always wondered about the names for US States. Thanks.

[@wwsuwannee7993]

You mentioned that Nevada translates to "snow capped", which is correct. However it is not just because of the Sierra range in particular. Contrary to popular belief, most of Nevada is very cold in the winter, combined with the fact of high elevation and interestingly enough, more mountains than any other state with Alaska perhaps the exception. The snow arrives early in the mountains all over the state and stays late. It can be seen for most of the year....I believe this was the reason for the name.

[@berfranper]

Orejón is a Spanish word derived from oreja, ear. Someone with large ears is an orejón, but orejón is also the name of dried apricots because they look like an ear I suppose. Also, Sierra Nevada is a mountain of Spain, located in Granada. It is the second tallest mountain in the country and some parts are always covered in snow.

[@DiegoGarcia-ux1ml]

When you’re state is a dry wasteland named after a source of water

[@angryjack3611]

I clicked on this faster than how much I last in bed.

[@matthewparker4927]

18 hours?

[@Varangiangaurd]

Than you must have clicked on it Hear I slow because you seem like a very nice person and I'm sure girls love you.

[@somanyhumanssolittlecommon6947]

I snort laughed embarrassingly loudly at the Washington and Washington DC comment. Hey, I've been awake for about fifteen hours! 😂

[@JAY1892]

What a fantastic upload. 👍

[@Silonch]

California: Califlower

[@punsized2296]

Califlower=CaliFlorida ;-)

[@stevencooper4422]

Caliphate

[@punsized2296]

@pyropulse where?

[@colacao6065]

@@stevencooper4422 722/1212/1492/1571

[@punsized2296]

@pyropulse I said Califlower= CaliFlorida. Not California.

[@paulhk2727]

State names based on... 🏞️ Native American Languages: *24* 🇬🇧 English: *14* 🇪🇸 Spanish: *7* 🇫🇷 French: *3* 🌺 Polynesian: *1* 💡 Invented Words: *1*

[@kevansavage3058]

Oregon comes from the first French and British trappers to name the region Tierre Ouregone, the translation basically means, land of stormy weather.

[@larrycree238]

Well I'll bee

[@rosebelle3148]

Wow. your content is just superb. amazing. new subscriber. keep it up, good sir.

[@CTXVII]

Do Canada next pls 🇨🇦

[@White_Recluse]

I've heard many Arizonians that Arizona's name meaning was Arid Zone

[@Davanthall]

constructive comment, I just noticed an error, when you got to New Hampshire, the map "blues out" Vermont instead, and then when you get to Vermont on the list, that's when New Hampshire gets blued out. Just a wanted to point that out for you.

[@eatntell]

I'm genuinely happy to know that KZbin takes down videos with that atrocity.

[@EthanLindner]

California's origin just makes me all the more proud of being a Californian.

[@bobs182]

Californians, Texans, and New Yorkers are the Americans most proud of their state. Then there are a few people from New Hampshire who think it is the best state. Basically you like your state because it is in your tribalistic nature to identify with your group/tribe.

[@jayteegamble]

@@bobs182 Actually New York is one of the lowest ranked state by state pride and California is middling. www.mentalfloss.com/article/56447/which-state-has-most-state-pride

[@giovanniherrera6037]

The problem with those surveys is that it doesn’t take into account people from other states. I know California and Texas have a lot of people from the kid-west constantly moving there

[@tyg9682]

Isnt Arizona from árido and zona in spanish meaning dry zone?

[@FernandoMartinez-nc6kg]

Yep

[@RaviRJoshi]

I thought Arizona was Arid Zone, meaning land of dry weather.

[@maldohan9097]

Awesome content I love it

[@onion6412]

8:53 Washington and Washington DC: "I'm gonna do whats called a pro gamer move"

[@borisbodt]

Rhode Island comes from the Dutch rhode eylandt, meaning red island. Rhode ( modern day: rode) is pronounced in English as row-duh. Was Texas not named after the tejanos?

[@sohopedeco]

What about the Rhode Island of Greece? What do the Dutch call it?

[@DeyaViews]

@@sohopedeco We call it Rodos, just like the Greeks. Dutch uses relatively few exonyms for European countries.

[@sleepingcity85]

@@DeyaViews for places in the countries or for the countries themself? in germany we would say "Rhodos" like the greeks, but we say "Griechenland" which literally means land of the greeks. Sometimes we "translate" the country name to german like Denmark = Dänemark, Netherlands = Holland (just kidding, "Niederlande" of course), etc. England remains England, but kind of stupid because it would mean land of the "Eng", which means tight, so... I guess we just take the name. A weird example are France = Frankreich (which means empire of the Franks, pretty old and outdated name i guess). But i dont know all original names, so it would be interesting to hear from others

[@TheDarthbinky]

The Dutch word for red is "rood" not "rhode". However, you're not totally off the mark. There are two prevailing theories about where "Rhode Island" comes from. One is that a Dutch explorer called it a "rodlich Eylande" (reddish island), as you suggest. The other is that it's named after the island of Rhodes ("Rhodos"). IMHO the latter seems more likely (the "Rh" doesn't just come out of nowhere, and Roger Williams's first written record of the name calls is "Rodes"), but either could be right (or they both could be- perhaps Williams heard a Dutch guy calling it "rodlich" and it reminded him of Rhodes). Hell, they could both be wrong for all we know. The Tejanos were named after Texas, not the other way around; and Texas comes from the word for "friends", as stated.

[@CrimsonRoseDancer]

About Texas, no the video is correct. Tejanos is derived from Tejas, the modern version if Texas. As the video states this is an ancient Native American word meaning friend.

[@stealtheli]

Ha!!!! I knew I liked you for a reason. A fellow Coloradoan. :)

[@fnaaijkens69]

I always learned that 't Roode Eylandt was the name Adriaen Block one of the Dutch explorers from the WIC (West Indian Trading Company) gave it, because of the red clay they found there. Het Rode Eiland as we would say now, just means that, The Red Island.

[@jsldj]

Great VIDEO!

[@SpanishDio]

Didn't know that Spain named so many States

[@igap6304]

Well, now you know it

[@paganpoetry5931]

well all of those sounds spanish

[@alexanderallan215]

Rhode Island actually has two legal names. Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. The founder of the State , Roger Williams, Named the main part Providence Plantations. The island where Newport ( Middletown, and Tiverton ) are located, was said to resemble the Isle of Rhodes. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations.

[@salimas7979]

Great video! Plz speak slower in the future as this allows for time to absorb the material. Makes me want to go to the US now.

[@ReverendMeat51]

A more interesting theory on Oregon's name is it comes from essentially a typo on a French map and shares the same etymology as Wisconsin. This makes some sense to me given how Oregonians pronounce the state.

[@FernandoMartinez-nc6kg]

In spain history oregon cames from the medieval kingdom of Aragon

[@joshuasealock1583]

Good video, right into it, direct and in alphabetical order. Wish I had this video in high school lol

[@johndee3842]

Another theory ..."Haritz Ona" from the basque, meaning Good oak. Arizona had the most important oak reserve in the region at that time.

[@ranua9327]

interesting!

[@ncsmith1952]

But where did the Basque speaker come from?

[@ranua9327]

@@ncsmith1952 They have always been part of Castille.

[@GeorgeVenturi]

There are many Basque names that people don’t realize they are basque like Mendoza, meaning cold mountain

[@kingpanda8150]

Virginia gets it's name from the Virginia Company which in 1608 was given a charter by King James I of England & VII of Scotland to settle in the new world. The Virginia Company was a trade and exploration company later growing into the East India Trading Comapany

[@rafaelmarquezf]

beautiful video. Proud to be American

[@quinnietftw2676]

Damn you butchered “Aquidneck” to oblivion lmao. Thank you for actually mentioning us though, we really appreciate it

[@pantherowow77]

Dope, I feel like totes smarter now. I luv videos like this

[@ch33.tah.]

Dope etymological n'fo. Right on about Kalifia, however eye am inclined to believe is actually an island only connect'd via dams throughout the coast, etc...

[@joetreml3671]

enlightening; thank you.

[@531ff]

Actually , it’s pronounced mil-e-wah-que which is Algonquin for “ the good land .” - Alice Cooper

[@Matt02341]

b miller we’re not worthy!

[@danam0228]

FYI wrt Masschusetts, there is a mountain called Wachusett, so I think it is possibly partly named after Wachusett Mountain, not Blue Hill althiugh Blue Hill os a rather large hill SW of Boston, NW of Plymouth and quite a few natives lived there, so you might be right

[@oiitzME1266]

There's a few theory's of how California got it's name . Califa californo and califax . The californo mighve came from the hot weather "horno" means oven in Spanish

[@oiitzME1266]

@@DJTreviCSRecordingssure that mighve been the case in the dinosaur times . But you can read Cortezs diaries he talks about the insane heat him and his men has to go against when he was lost in baja looking for gold

[@alpha-omega2362]

interesting also, that it derives from the word fornication so it really is The Land of Fornication....

[@jerdavis9489]

Queen Khalifa

[@oiitzME1266]

@@alpha-omega2362 really I'm not sure on the etymology of the word fornicate

[@dtvjho]

Alta California

[@josephlow1102]

Great to know most states names originated from its indigenous people - history is the soul of a country

[@chrisloccisano7103]

Rhode Island comes from the island of Rhodes, it was a memorial for the recently conquered island of Rhodes in the Med, it was. Symbolic of new beginnings for christians in the new world

[@deadmeatdec2164]

I do not know where you gor your information regarding Kentucky but in school in that state it is taught that the state is named after a Cherokee tribe word meaning " Happy hunting ground "

[@shoredude2]

Pennsylvania was not named for the William Penn who was given the land grant. It was named for his father, Sir Admiral William Penn.

[@corderajones]

I’m from Portland, Oregon and we had to take it Oregon history class and we were taught that “We have no idea where the name Oregon came from. Some people think it’s a made up name from the word Origin/Original. There is no pre historic map of the region before the Lewis and Clark expedition and the Spanish (first European to “discovered” Oregon) never gave it a name so people were lookin for the Origin of the Country aka Oregon Country or simply Oregon

[@mikesanders3246]

It is now believed that Oregon comes from the Klickitak word for a small ocean fish, the Orga-ooo-loooo, which Lewis and Clark gathered in abundance when the spent the winter of 1805 near Astoria.

[@ryannatuor344]

I usually pronounce Connecticut with the C, its more fun to say it with silencing the C

[@Pyotyrpyotyrpyotyr]

4:52 the KZbin symbol replacing the Confederate flag nice. Good way to rub it in.

[@jodinha4225]

Pyotyr Young they really need to update that flag...

[@YAH2121]

More like KZbin needs to stop flagging people for pictures of state flags

[@Roca005]

Pyotyr Young it is not the confederate flag. It is the battle flag.

[@Pyotyrpyotyrpyotyr]

@@Roca005 Is there no room for colloquial short-hand in KZbin comments?

[@Roca005]

Pyotyr Young there is! It’s just that the ignorance abounds! Many people do think that the battle flag was the national flag of the CSA.

[@adobotravels]

So basically usa state names = Russian, Polynesian, indigenous languages, British, French, Spanish, Dutch names All came together as one Union, amazing!

[@OsbornIOW]

I'm from UK. What's with the Mississippi flag then? Why would You Tube get "The Wrong Idea"?? Just interested. I actually came to this vid to try and learn all the states and codes. Always comes up in quizzes