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This took a lot of research. For almost every state there are multiple stories behind the name, but I've done my best to double and triplesource each of the ones included.

In the cases of words from native American languages, I have crossreferenced the information with that given on the official websites of the relevant tribes and nations.

Here are some of my other sources:
1970s US govt press release (some dodgy stuff in there): https://www.bia.gov/asia/opa/online...
David Wilton from wordorigins.org has done brilliant work: https://www.wordorigins.org/biglist...
Library of Congress for images and old documents: https://www.loc.gov/
Oxford English Dictionary for etymology: https://www.oed.com/dictionary/alabam...
MerriamWebster for pronunications: https://www.merriamwebster.com/dicti...

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==CHAPTERS==
0:00 States with "New"
2:20 Named after monarchs
3:58 TypeAI
5:10 Named after colonists
6:22 Named after Native American peoples
12:24 From Native American descriptions
16:22 Alaska & Hawaii
17:46 From European languages
20:56 Dunno! Oregon & Rhode Island