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What is the origin of the names of the states in USA?

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What is the origin of the names of the states in USA?
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RE: What is the origin of the names of the states in USA?
July 14, 2015 at 6:53 pm
Minnesota is an old Indian word meaning "freeze your balls off."
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RE: What is the origin of the names of the states in USA?
July 14, 2015 at 7:46 pm
I used to know a nun named Virginia.

She introduces herself and I'm like yea, no shit
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RE: What is the origin of the names of the states in USA?
July 14, 2015 at 7:48 pm
(July 14, 2015 at 7:46 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: I used to know a nun named Virginia.

She introduces herself and I'm like yea, no shit

She doesn't count anal though.
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RE: What is the origin of the names of the states in USA?
July 14, 2015 at 7:50 pm
I've heard that Oregon is some English-bastardization of a native American word for salmon. Who knows it's that actually true. It's just what I heard... Undecided
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RE: What is the origin of the names of the states in USA?
July 14, 2015 at 7:50 pm
(July 14, 2015 at 7:46 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: I used to know a nun named Virginia.

She introduces herself and I'm like yea, no shit

Virginia is named for Queen Elizabeth I the Virgin Queen
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RE: What is the origin of the names of the states in USA?
July 14, 2015 at 8:27 pm
Almost everything in Australia is British or native aboriginal.
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What is the origin of the names of the states in USA?

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