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French arc, or bow for arrows. California, a name given by Cortez in 1535 to the peninsula of Lower California. He probably derived it from Esplanadian, a Spanish romance published in 1510, in which the name is given to an imaginary island on the right hand of the Indies, very near to the terrestrial paradise, abounding in great treasures of gold. Colorado (Spanish), red, or colored. Connecticut, from the Indian word, Quahna-ta-cut, country upon the long river. Delaware, in honor of Thomas West, Lord De la Warr, or Delaware, first governor of the Virginia colony. Florida, so named by Ponce de Leon because of the abundance of flowers there, or because of the day on which he discovered it—Easter or Palm Sunday (Pascua Florida), 1512. Georgia, in honor of George II. of England, in whose reign it was settled. Illinois, from the Indian word illini, men, and the French suffix ois, tribe of men. Indiana, from the word Indian. Iowa, the French rendering of an Indian word signifying