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What's in a Name?
Origins of State Names
| State | Origin of Name |
|---|---|
| New Hampshire | Named by settlers after their hometown in Hampshire, England |
| Vermont | A French word meaning "green mountain" |
| Massachusetts | A Native American word meaning "people who live near the blue hill" |
| Rhode Island | Originally the name the English colonists gave to the large island off its coast in the middle of the Narragansett Bay |
| Connecticut | A Native American word meaning "on the long tidal river" |
| Maine | A word English sailors used to describe the "mainland" as opposed to the islands offshore |