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Brewer's: Maryland
(U.S. America) was so named in compliment to Queen Henrietta Maria. In the Latin charter it is called Terra Marice. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Massachusetts
was so named from the bay massa [great], wadehuash [mountain], et [near]. The bay-near-the-great-mountain. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Massacre of the…Brewer's: Colorado
(U.S. America). A Spanish word meaning red, referring to the red hue of the water of the river. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ColossalColoquintida A B C…Brewer's: Florida
(U. S. America). In 1512 Ponce de Leon sailed from France to the West in search of “the Fountain of Youth.” He first saw land on Easter Day, and on account of the richness and quantity of…Brewer's: Delaware
U.S. America, was granted by charter in 1701 to Lord De la Ware, who first explored the bay into which the river empties itself. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Brewer's: Kansas
U.S. America. So named from the Konsos, an Indian tribe of the locality. Kansas Bleeding Kansas. So called because it was the place where that sanguinary strife commenced which was the…Brewer's: Kentucky
(U.S. America), so called in 1782, from its principal river. It was admitted into the union in 1792. The nickname of the inhabitants is Corncrackers. Indian Shawnoese Kentuckee = “head or…Brewer's: Illinois
U.S. America. The Delaware Indian word illini (real men) with the French termination -ois. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Illuminated DoctorIll Wind A B…Origin of State Names
Alabama From the Alabama or Alibamu people, though the river was named first. Alabama comes from the Choctaw for "vegetation pickers," in reference to local farming practices. Alaska A…State Nicknames
Alabama Yellowhammer StateAlaska The state is commonly called “The Last Frontier” or “Land of the Midnight Sun”Arizona Grand Canyon StateArkansas The Natural StateCalifornia Golden…Trending
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