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The Latin name Caesarea was also applied to the colony of New Jersey as Nova Caesarea, because the Roman name of the island was thought to have been Caesarea. [70] [71] The name "Jersey" most likely comes from the Norse name Geirrsey, meaning 'Geirr's Island'. [72] New Mexico: November 1, 1859: Nahuatl via Spanish: Mēxihco via Nuevo México
Tennessee: Tennessean Volunteer, Butternut [56] Big Bender Texas: Texan Texian (Anglo-Texan - historical), [57] Tejano (Hispano-Texan), Texican (archaic) Spanish: Texano, texanaSpanish: Tejano, tejana Utah: Utahn Utahian, Utahan Vermont: Vermonter Woodchuck [58] Virgin Islands: Virgin Islander Virginia: Virginian Washington: Washingtonian West ...
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The precise meaning and origin of the word are still uncertain. Early ethnographer James Mooney asserted in 1902 that the name "can not be analyzed" and its meaning lost. [2] But more recent research suggests that Cherokees adapted it from an earlier Yuchi word meaning "meeting place".
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Tooele County, Utah (originates from "tule", a Spanish word of Aztec origin meaning "bulrush") Utah County, Utah (from the Spanish name Yuta, given to the Ute People by early explorers to the area.) Uvalde County, Texas (Named after Juan de Ugalde) Valencia County, New Mexico (Spanish city of Valencia) Val Verde County, Texas (Valverde)
Tennessee (/ ˌ t ɛ n ɪ ˈ s iː / ⓘ, locally / ˈ t ɛ n ɪ s i /), [10] [11] [12] officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia , Alabama , and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to ...
The state of Utah relies heavily on income from tourists and travelers visiting the state's parks and ski resorts, and thus the need to "brand" Utah and create an impression of the state throughout the world has led to several state slogans, the most famous of which is "The Greatest Snow on Earth", which has been in use in Utah officially since ...