Run through the list of U.S. states in your mind—fast. We’re not going to ask you which state name starts with two vowels, ...

From rivers and royalty to legends and mistakes, these twelve state names show how language and landscape shaped American maps. The post How 12 U.S. States Got Their Names appeared first on Modern ...

An analysis by language learning website Preply found that Connecticut was the third hardest state name for Americans to spell correctly. It was also the sixth hardest state name to pronounce. The ...