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50 U.S. states have borrowed their names from many languages. Of the 50 states, 11 were named in honor of some historical figures.

From the Indian expression "I bushwhack". Informal name: «State of oatmeal - the name of a bird»

The name of an imaginary island from an old Spanish novel. Informal name: «Golden State»

From the river, whose name translates from Spanish as «colored, color». Informal name: «State of the century»

In honor of Queen Elizabeth I. Informal name:

In honor of French King Louis XIV. Informal name: «Pelican State»

"Snowy" in Spanish. Informal name: «Sage state»

In honor of King Charles I. Informal name: «Coyotes state»

"Big River" in Indian. Informal name: «Magnolia State»

Translated as forest Penn. William Penn - founder of the colony, silva in Latin, "forest". Informal name: «State capstone»

In Spanish «flowering». Informal name: «Sunshine State»

The name of an Indian tribe. Informal name: «Hawkeye State»

Made-up word, presumably from the Indian "treasure mountain". Informal name: «Jewel»

In the name of the peninsula. On-Aleut means "great land". Informal name: «Final Frontier.»

From the Indian "key source". Informal name: «State of the Grand Canyon»

The name of the tribe. Informal name: «Country of opportunities»

From the Indian expression «volatile mountains and valleys». Informal name: «Equality State»

In honor of George Washington. Informal name: «Evergreen State»

French «green mountain». Informal name: «Green Mountains State»

In honor of Queen Elizabeth I, Queen of the Virgin. Informal name: «Old Dominion»

The name of the tribe. Informal name: «Badger state»

The name of the Polynesian huts. Informal name: «Hospitable State»

On behalf of the governor, Lord De La Verra. Informal name: «State- diamond»

In honor of King George II. Informal name: «Peach State»

From the Indian «people». Informal name: «Prairie State»

The staff was densely populated by Indians. Informal name: «State- bumpkin»

From an Indian tribe that neighbors dubbed the «people of the south wind». Informal name: «State of sunflowers»

From the Indian «tomorrow country». Informal name: «Blue Grass State»

From the Indian expression «on the bank of a large turbulent river». Informal name: «State of nutmeg» (with a hint of peddlers who sold counterfeit nuts)

From the Indian «a small place on the big hill». Informal name: «State at the Bay»

From the Indian «sky-blue water». Informal name: «State of North Star»

The name of an Indian tribe. Informal name: «State of a skeptic»

In Indian «great water». Informal name: «Wolverine state»

In Spanish «mountainous». Informal name: «State treasures»

From the ancient name of a place in France. Informal name: «Pine State»

In honor of the Queen Mary, wife of Charles I. Informal name: «State of the old line»

From the Indian name of the river. Informal name: «Corn state»

From the English county of Hampshire. Informal name: «Granitovo State»

From the island of Jersey. Informal name: «Garden State»

In honor of the English city of York (specially for the Duke of York, future James II). Informal name: «Empire State»

From the Aztec «God of War». Informal name: «Country charm»

"Great" in Iroquoian. Informal name: «Buckeye State»

From the Indian expression «red- skinned people». Informal name: «State land invaders»

Presumably from the Spanish phrase «big- eared people». Informal name: «Beaver state»

In honor of the island of Rhodes. Informal name: «Little Roddy»

"Union with friends" in the language of the Sioux. Informal name: «State of the Sioux Indians»

In honor of King Charles I. Informal name: «State chernopyatochnikov»

The name of the village of Cherokee Indians. Informal name: «Volunteers State»

From the Indian «friends and allies». Informal name: «Lonely Star State»

"Union with friends" in the language of the Sioux. Informal name: «Palmettes State»

The name of an Indian tribe. Informal name: «Beehive State»