how did florida (the state) get it's name?
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Florida is derived from "flowery Easter" in Spanish.  The name comes from the fact that Juan Ponce de Leon landed on the Florida coast during the Easter season ("Pascua") on April 2, 1513.  In respect of the season and the beautiful flowers he saw, he named this land "Florida."
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It isn't\nGeorgia (the state) was named after King George II of England the country Georgia is derived from the Persian word Gurji (the people in the country (not region of Russia- separate country) of Georgia call the country Sakartvelo- only foreigners call it Georgia.
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Some suggest that the word California may signify that a place is "hot as an oven" (cali > hot, fornia > oven). It may be derived from caliente fornalia, Spanish for hot furnace, or it may come from calida fornax, Latin for hot climate.\n\nAnother possible source may be kali forno, an indigenous phrase meaning "high mountains". There is no agreement among scholars.\n\nThe name California comes from a mythical Spanish island ruled by a queen called Califia that was featured in a Spanish romance ("Las Sergas de Esplandian") written by Garcia Ordonez de Montalvo in 1510. The Spanish explorers originally thought that California was an island.
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"The word Minnesota comes from the Dakota name for the Minnesota River, mnisota."\n\n(a five second search in Wikipedia yielded this answer as well)\n\nIf you have other states, I hope you'll make use of the resources you have at your fingertips.
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What is the abbreviation of 'which' state in the USA?\n\nAnd "what" is not an abbreviation of any state of USA
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Orlando, Florida. I lived in Oakland, California and it was originally nicknamed Oak Town. Sometimes people call it O-town but that's the slang of a nickname if you follow.
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Because it was previously a French colony, Louisiana is named after Louis XIV (the King of France at the time). \n\nMaine is also named after a historical region in France of the same name.\n\nPennsylvania, meaning "Penn's woods," in Latin, takes its name from its founder, William Penn. \n\nNorth and South Carolina - these states name are taken from " Carolus", the Latin word for Charles and named after King Charles I of England. When Carolina was divided in 1710, the southern part was called South Carolina and the northern, or older settlement, North Carolina.
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I used to live in the state of Indiana years ago. As far as I know, the word "hoosier" is of unknown origin. One theory that I heard was it came from the common practice of shouting "Who's here?" upon receiving visitors.
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of it name, the name\nhttp://www.philipdru.com/griffin3_stream.html
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One of Florida's largest export industries is the orange...so it stands to reason the the orange blossom was chosen to acknowledge that.\n\nHello Nicole d.....correct me if I'm wrong, but orange blossoms are the precursors to "oranges". Please see the wikipedia link:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_blossoms
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It is the corruption of Aleut word meaning “great land” or “that which the sea breaks against”.  \n\nHere is the origin of all state names:\nhttp://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0854966.html
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Mississippi is a Southern state of the United States. The state takes its name from the Mississippi River, which flows along the western boundary. The name itself comes from either the Ojibwe, a Native American language spoken around the river's headwaters, or some other closely related Algonquian language, meaning "great river." Other nicknames attached to Mississippi are the Magnolia State and the Hospitality State.
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Florida they won the championship
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Latin Americans in general have had a good influence on Florida including music and food. As well, the Spanish originally settled Florida. Spain finally ceded Florida to the United States with the Adams-Onís Treaty in 1819, in exchange for the U.S. renouncing any claims on Texas.
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Look up Florida's back history on your computer
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state where acct. originated
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You can probably search up all those questions on google or something. But I think Venus got it's name from the Roman/Greek God Venus.