05-22-2003, 03:29 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: near Chicago
Posts: 3,025
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Quote:
Originally posted by IAKaraokeGirl
#2079~Washington is the only U.S. state named for a president.
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Ah true, but what about the other 49?
Here we go (I'll start with Iowa, and then go alphabetically, just for IAKG).
Iowa is derived from a Dakota word for "the sleepy one."
(oh all explanations are sourced from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language)
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