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This Map Shows The Literal Translation Of State Names And Their Origins

Alabama

Meaning: Thicket-Clearers

Language: Choctaw

Getty Images | Kevin C. Cox

Alaska

Meaning: That Which the Sea Breaks Against

Language: Aleut

Getty Images | Uriel Sinai

Arizona

Meaning: Place of the Small Spring

Language: Spanish interpretation of O’odham

Getty Images | Ethan Miller

Arkansas

Meaning: Land of Downriver People

Language: Quapaw

Flickr | Luke Cureton

California

Meaning: Mythical Island Califia

Language: Spanish

Getty Images | Justin Sullivan

Colorado

Meaning: Sandstone Soil

Language: Spanish

Flickr | Docoverachiever

Connecticut

Meaning: The Long Tidal River

Language: Mohican

Getty Images | Spencer Platt

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