What Is In A Name?

I guess this post will appeal more to our American and Canadian readers,

but many will find it interesting, who named the States of America? and what do the names mean? 

so here are the literal translations of the names of the States in the USA,

and Canada,

See all source information here,

Alabama	Alaska	Arizona	Arkansas	California
Colorado	Connecticut	Delaware	Florida	Georgia
Hawaii	Idaho	Illinois	Indiana	Iowa
Kansas	Kentucky	Louisiana	Maine	Maryland
Massachusetts	Michigan	Minnesota	Mississippi	Missouri
Montana	Nebraska	Nevada	New Hampshire	New Jersey
New Mexico	New York	North Carolina	North Dakota	Ohio
Oklahoma	Oregon	Pennsylvania	Rhode Island	South Carolina
South Dakota	Tennessee	Texas	Utah	Vermont
Virginia	Washington	West Virginia	Wisconsin	Wyoming

I have to say I did not know the origins of more than 3 or 4 of them, shame on me!