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List of state and territory name etymologies of the United States; Lists of U.S. county name etymologies; List of place names of French origin in the United States; List of place names of German origin in the United States; List of place names of Native American origin in the United States; List of U.S. places named after non-U.S. places
Map showing the source languages/language families of state names. The fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands have taken their names from a wide variety of languages. The names of 24 states derive from indigenous languages of the Americas and one from Hawaiian.
7 Place names of Spanish origin. 8 People. ... The Spanish presence in the United States declined sharply between 1930 and 1940 from a total of 110,000 to 85,000 ...
These are lists of U.S. county name etymologies.Many U.S. states have counties named after U.S. presidents such as Washington, Madison, Polk, Jefferson, etc. Counties are also commonly named after famous individuals, local Native American tribes once in the area (Washoe County, Nevada), cities located within the county, and land or water features (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, meaning "Fat Hill ...
The state with the largest Hispanic and Latino population overall is California with 15.6 million Hispanics and Latinos. Hispanics are the largest racial or ethnic group in both states and is expected to become the largest in Texas in the 2020s. [1] The following are lists of the Hispanic and Latino population per state in the United States.
The official name of the country is the "United Mexican States" (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos), since it is a federation of thirty-two states. The official name was first used in the Constitution of 1824, and was retained in the constitutions of 1857 and 1917. Informally, "Mexico" is used along with "Mexican Republic" (República Mexicana).
List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States From a page move : This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name.
Lists of placenames of Native American origin (1 C, 29 P) Pages in category "Lists of United States placename etymology" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.