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rogerashton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 02:26 PM
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Trivia time!
How many states have names that originated from Spanish? And which ones?

No peeking!
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HalfManHalfBiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 02:27 PM
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1. New England
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 02:36 PM
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2. florida, new mexico, california
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rogerashton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:33 PM
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12. Well, "Mexico" is from an Indian word, isn't it?
Does New Mexico count?
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 02:37 PM
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3. Nevada
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 02:38 PM
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4. colorado?
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 02:39 PM
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5. montana?
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 02:40 PM
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6. Montana
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 02:41 PM
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7. puerto rico
warning: statehood thread detour ahead!
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 02:44 PM
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8. hawai'i, washington, new jersey?
just kidding!
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HawkerHurricane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:11 PM
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9. Arizona
'Arid Place'

Florida
Flowery

California
Spanish fictional island

Nevada
Snowy

Colorado
Colored Red

Montana
Mountain
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:17 PM
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10. colorado just means "colored", no? red is "rojo".
actually, isn't "colored" coloreado, with an e?
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rogerashton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:34 PM
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13. Apparently, "Arizona" is from an Indian word,
although I always thought "arid zone" myself.
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:37 PM
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16. But many Indian words were assigned to indians by Spaniards.
As well as tribal names, etc.
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 09:20 PM
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19. Arizona is an Indian word, not Spanish
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Chipper Chat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:22 PM
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11. Iraq?
Oops - I think that's classified information.
Anyway - "Iraq" is Spamish for "bottomless pit."
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rogerashton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:35 PM
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14. Spamish. Right.
n/t
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Chipper Chat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 01:43 AM
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20. Yes SPAMish (pun intended)
Si quiere Spanish - pues, recordare quando en los "Reagan Years" algunas personas activaba por "English only?" Gente estupido! San Francisco = Saint Frank. Sacramento = The Sacrament, California. Sobretabilita = Stolen Election (just kidding).
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:37 PM
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15. Utah (Ute Indians, named such by Spaniards?) and NV, CO, AZ, TX, NM?
Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 05:47 PM
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18. "utes"? did you say, "utes"?
Edited on Sat Dec-04-04 05:47 PM by unblock
excuse me, your honor, "youthzzz"!
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rogerashton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:42 PM
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17. I got --
California
Colorado
Florida
Montana
Nevada

But maybe only Colorado, Florida and Nevada are purely Spanish words. California, from a Spanish book, could have been an invention -- would that count? and Montana is apparently as Latin as Spanish.

Authority:

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0854966.html

Doubts about New Mexico and Arizona for reasons mentioned. I wondered about Oregon but apparently nobody knows the source. I see nobody fell for "Texas" -- from the Caddo Indian word for "allied country."
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 01:56 AM
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21. California, Texas, Florida
all I can think of for sure, maybe Colorado
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