File talk:US State Name Etymologies4.png

Many of the colors on this chart are problematic for red/green colorblind readers (see WP:COLOR).

These sets of names have indistinguishable colors:

Siouan, and Iroquian
Other Native American, English, and French
Uto-Aztecan, and Spanish
Hawaiian, Latin, and Uncertain/Disputed

tschwenn (talk) 09:30, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delaware is mislabeled. I think it should be [Algonquian] (since Delewarean is listed there as a language group).

108.203.48.183 (talk) 17:00, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Arizona

I am very sure that Arizona derives from Spanish, zona arida or arida zona (arid zone) Chupu (talk) 09:18, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Montana

The name of this state is Latin, not Spanish. μηδείς (talk) 02:30, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

New Jersey

It is english. named after the british island not french.
The native language of this British island is actually a French dialect.190.56.254.37 (talk) 03:25, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delaware

I believe Delaware's etymology came from a Dutch settler named De La Warr, and thus should be labeled as Dutch, or failing that as "other European". Obviously the name was Anglicized over time.