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Mississippi--Indian; meaning "great father of waters." Missouri--Indian; meaning "muddy."
Nebraska--Indian; meaning "water valley."
Nevada--Spanish; meaning "snow-covered," alluding to the mountains.
New Hamps.h.i.+re--From Hamps.h.i.+re county, England.
New Jersey--In honor of Sir George Carteret, one of the original grantees, who had previously been governor of Jersey Island.
New York--In honor of the Duke of York.
North and South Carolina--Originally called Carolina, in honor of Charles IX. of France.
Ohio--Indian; meaning "beautiful river."
Oregon--From the Spanish "oregano," wild marjoram, which grows abundantly on the coast.
Pennsylvania--Latin; meaning Penn's woody land.
Rhode Island--From a fancied resemblance to the island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean.
Tennessee--Indian; meaning "river with the great bend."
Texas--Origin of this name is unknown.
Vermont--French; meaning "green mountain."
Virginia--In honor of Elizabeth, the "Virgin Queen."
Wisconsin--Indian; meaning "gathering of the waters," or "wild rus.h.i.+ng channel."
MOTTOES OF THE STATES.
Arkansas--Regnant populi: The peoples rule.
California--Eureka: I have found it. Colorado--Nil sine numine: Nothing without the Divinity.
Connecticut--Qui transtulit sustinet: He who has transferred, sustains.
Delaware--Liberty and Independence.
Florida--In G.o.d is Our trust.
Georgia--Wisdom, Justice, Moderation.
Illinois--State Sovereignty and National Union.
Iowa--Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain.
Kansas--Ad astra per aspera: to the stars through rugged ways.
Kentucky--United we stand, divided we fall.
Louisiana--Union and Confidence.
Maine--Dirigo: I direct.
Maryland--Crescite et multiplicamini: Increase and multiply.
Ma.s.sachusetts--Ense pet.i.t placidam sub libertate quietam: By her sword she seeks under liberty a calm repose.
Michigan--Si quaeris peninsulam amoeanam circ.u.mspice: If thou seekest a beautiful peninsula, look around.
Minnesota--L'Etoile du Nord: The Star of the North.
Missouri--Salus populi suprema lex esto: Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.
Nebraska--Popular Sovereignty.
Nevada--Volens et potens: Willing and able.
New Jersey--Liberty and Independence.
New York--Excelsior: Higher.
Ohio--Imperium in imperio: An empire within an empire.
Oregon--Alis volat propriis: She flies with her own wings.
Pennsylvania--Virtue, Liberty, Independence.
Rhode Island--Hope.
South Carolina--Animis opibusque parati: Ready with our lives and property.
Tennessee--Agriculture, Commerce. Vermont--Freedom and Unity.
Virginia--Sic semper tyrannis: So be it ever to tyrants.
West Virginia--Montani semper liberi: The mountaineers are always free.
Wisconsin--Forward.
United States E pluribus unum: From many, one.
Annuit captis: G.o.d has favored the undertaking;
