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1. www.mentalfloss.com › article › 31100How All 50 States Got Their Names | Mental Floss

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   Oct 16, 2015 · iStock. Delaware is named for the Delaware River and Delaware Bay. These, in turn, were named for Sir Thomas West, 3 rd Baron De La Warr, the first colonial governor of Virginia, who traveled the ...

2. www.worldatlas.com › articles › where-did-new-mexicoWhere Did New Mexico Get Its Name From? - WorldAtlas

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   May 25, 2018 · Where Did New Mexico Get Its Name From? New Mexico was admitted as the 47th state of the US in 1912. New Mexico is one of the states in the southwestern region of the US. It is the fifth largest state with a total area of 121,590 square miles and the fifth less densely populated states with a total population of two million people.

3. mynorthwest.com › 3951723 › thousand-year-oldThe origins of the name 'Washington,' both the state and ...

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   Feb 22, 2024 · The name Washington dates back hundreds of years. And as for the name “Washington,” it appears to have been first attached to a community in northeast England about a thousand years ago. This ...

4. statesymbolsusa.org › origin-new-mexicoNew Mexico State Name Origin | What does "New Mexico" mean?

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   The name was anglicized and applied to the land ceded to the United States by Mexico after the Mexican American War. All State Name Origins. "Mexico" is an Aztec word meaning "place of Mexitli" (an Aztec god). New Mexico became the 47th state on January 6, 1912.

5. www.thediscoverer.com › blog › the-origins-of-all-50The Origins of All 50 U.S. State Names | The Discoverer

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   The words vert and mont translate to “green mountain,” as the state is home to the glorious Green Mountain range. On April 11, 1777, Philadelphia doctor and revolutionary Thomas Young became the first to use the name Vermont in print, writing, ““To the Inhabitants of Vermont, a Free and Independent State.”.

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6. online.nmartmuseum.org › nmhistory › people-placesNew Mexico Tells New Mexico History | History: Statehood

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   It provided for the calling of a constitutional convention in New Mexico. The conservative document that body drafted was ratified by voters early the following year, and on January 6, 1912, New Mexico became the forty-seventh state in the Union. Acknowledgments. “New Mexico’s Fight for Statehood, 1895 – 1912”.

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   How did New Mexico get its name?

   • All State Name Origins "Mexico" is an Aztec word meaning "place of Mexitli" (an Aztec god). New Mexico became the 47th state on January 6, 1912. New Mexico was named by the Spanish for lands north of the Rio Grande; the upper region of the Rio Grande was called Nuevo Mexico as early as 1561.

   New Mexico State Name Origin | What does "New Mexico" mean?

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   When did New Mexico become a state?

   • New Mexico was admitted as the 47th state of the US in 1912. New Mexico is one of the states in the southwestern region of the US. It is the fifth largest state with a total area of 121,590 square miles and the fifth less densely populated states with a total population of two million people.

   Where Did New Mexico Get Its Name From? - WorldAtlas

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   How did Mexico get its name?

   • The name was anglicized and applied to the land ceded to the United States by Mexico after the Mexican American War. All State Name Origins "Mexico" is an Aztec word meaning "place of Mexitli" (an Aztec god).

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   Why is Washington called Washington State?

   • Named in honor of the first president of the United States, George Washington. In the eastern US, the state is referred to as Washington State or the state of Washington to distinguish it from the District of Columbia, which they usually just call “Washington”, "D.C." or, if they're very local, "the District."

   How All 50 States Got Their Names | Mental Floss

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   Is Washington State named after George Washington?

   • Yep: Both Washington State (and Washington D.C.) are named for the first president of the United States. Granted statehood in 1889, Washington is the only state named after a president. Now that you know he has a state named after him, here are more facts about George Washington your teachers never taught you in school.

   Here’s How Every State in America Got Its Name

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   Where did the name Washington come from?

   • Ged Parker says it’s possible to analyze the syllables and come up with a meaning for one of the most famous names in American and, since 1853, Pacific Northwest history. “We believe that the name ‘Washington’ dates back to Anglo-Saxon times,” Parker said, or more than a thousand years ago.

   The origins of the name 'Washington,' both the state and president

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   Feb 28, 2019 · New Mexico was the name the Spanish used for lands north of the Rio Grande. Mexico refers to an Aztec god, Mexitli. The name New Mexico was given to the land ceded to the United States by Mexico ...