Der Ursprung der Namen jedes US-Bundesstaates: Erforschung der Etymologie hinter jedem Staat
Von vladgrinch
Der Ursprung der Namen jedes US-Bundesstaates: Erforschung der Etymologie hinter jedem Staat
Von vladgrinch
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I thought Texas was Spanish for friendship or something
I don’t think Indiana is etymologically Native American…it’s literally just the English word „Indian“ with an „a“ on the end. It’s not like it’s a native word or named after a tribe.
Many state names are Anglicized versions of native American names since most tribes didn’t have a writing system at the time. Also, there is a hybrid Anglicized name for Rhode Island (Rodos) Greece. Virginia, Carolina and Georgia are Latinized names of British monarchs. Pennsylvania is the Welsh name Penn plus the Latin name for „woods of“. Delaware is named for John West, 1st Earl De La Warr, which is an Anglo-French name. California is named after Queen Calafia, a fictional character in a Spanish book.
Made up / mistakes? Well that’s unexpected.
No, Indiana is not a Native American word.
George Washington’s ancestors were from the town of Washington in Northeast England.
New Mexico = Native American? That feels … wrong.
“Washington” is British.
Ah yes the great Chief Washington District of Columbia
Indiana is not a native american etymology
Now do „list of states that didn’t get to pick their own names“
From Wikipedia: “The name Utah derives from the name of the Ute tribe, meaning ‚people of the mountains‘. However, no such word exists in the Utes‘ language, and the Utes refer to themselves as Noochee. The meaning of Utes as ‚the mountain people‘ has been attributed to the neighboring Pueblo Indians, as well as to the Apache word Yuttahih, which means ‚one that is higher up‘ or ‚those that are higher up‘. In Spanish, it was pronounced Yuta; subsequently, English-speaking people may have adapted the word as Utah.”
Arizona clearly has Spanish influence. One theory is that is come from native Americans but Zona is clearly a Spanish word. Another theory is that the Basque settlers in Arizona gave it a name. I can’t ignore the similarity between arido and the dry climate of Ari-zona.
This map isn’t great
I didn’t know Flo Rida was Spanish
ChatGPT name and incorrect map.
Rhode Island came from Dutch I’m pretty sure, not the Greek island of Rhodes (like it meant red island before that island that named it had its named changed)
Oregon’s name isn’t “made-up”, it’s just disputed.
The most widely accepted theory is that it comes from the French word “Ouragans”, since French trappers described the Columbia River as “le fleuve aux ouragans”, or, “the river of hurricanes.
Some of the other theories are misheard Native words, or transcription mistakes. It certainly isn’t made up though.
California is technically a made up name as well, but I guess since it was made up 2 centuries earlier it is now just considered a Spanish word?
Oregon very likely comes from Eulachon (oo la chon/ like hooligan) aka candlefish, from indigenous languages.
It’s not a made up name, just forgotten by some!
https://www.ohs.org/oregon-historical-quarterly/upload/Byram-and-Lewis_Ourigan_OHQ-Summer-2001.pdf
Rhode Island is Dutch
This map is such a disaster. Another nitpick that no one has pointed out yet: “District of Columbia” is named after Christopher Columbus, i.e., it is etymologically Italian. The fact that we colloquially call DC “Washington” is a holdover from when the city and county of “Washington” were governmental entities within the District, not consolidated with the District.
Who named Texas? I thought the Native tribes (Mexicans) already called it Texas, but maybe someone knows more about this
Am I colorblind or are Native American and American both green as some sort of reference to Native Americans being the only true Americans?
Can’t believe FLO RIDA didn’t sue.
Illinois is actually the French bastardization of the native tribe name they found here. So its Native American and French.
Mistake??
Delaware is arguably French