Which State Has The Coolest Name?

[Placebo]

I'm going with my home state...

I L L I N O I S

It's just coo' B-)

[slackmaster]

1. Pennsylltucky or Mexifornia

I like them both.

[LostInAnomie]

5. Ha, thats funny.

We here in my part of Indiana call it Kentuckiana. I guess Kentucky is the gold standard for backward states to ridicule.

[LisaM]

2. Michigan, obviously!

It means "Great Water." It's such a great name that at least half the states in the country (including Illinois) have a Michigan Avenue.

[bif]

29. Yep, Michigan!

[WoodrowFan]

3. has to be a state people can actually spell

Virginia is cool cause it's a girl's name. Ohio is cool cause it sounds Japanese. Hawaii is bitching cool.

Any state where they had to use a North or a South is uncool cause it means there is one too many of them.

[NoPasaran]

4. Bliss

[LSparkle]

7. LOL

Actually, I like California except when it's spoken by Governator.

[Dookus]

6. California

of course. It's a beautiful name, and as far as I know, the only state named from a work of fiction.

[Done]

8. Virginia

Mmmmmmmmmm....virgin

[Wickerman]

9. iowa

yeah, I'm serious - take away all your misperceptions or experience :evilgrin: its a cool word.

[Blue_In_AK]

10. Alaska - from the Aleut word "Alyeska" meaning the great land

Descriptive and to the point.

[Darknyte7]

34. It's gotta be Alaska, I agree... eom

[d_b]

36. Alaska gets my vote as well

and not just because I live here. :D

[Jessica]

11. Vermont ...

Just because it makes me think of Ben & Jerry's - and ice cream is coool.

[SaveElmer]

12. Minnesota..."Land of Sky Blue Waters"

Wins hands down!!!

[latteromden]

35. Definitely! (I'm not biased...) :P

[BurtWorm]

13. New York

Say it twice and you name the coolest city.

Actually I used to think Maine, where I grew up, had the dorkiest name, but then I found out that no one really knows why it's called what it's called. Some say it stands for "mainland." Some say it's named in honor of Maine, France. (Then why isn't called Nouvelle Maine, or New Maine?) But no one knows for sure who started calling it Maine and why.

[Lavender Brown]

14. Massachusetts - sounds like a sneeze

:D

[davidinalameda]

15. colorado

it just rolls off the tongue

[Maddy McCall]

16. M-I-CROOKED LETTER-CROOKED LETTER-I-CROOKED LETTER...

-CROOKED LETTER-I-HUMP BACK-HUMPBACK-I.

MISSISSIPPI is the coolest state name. Father of rivers. :-)

[northzax]

17. how can the father be at the end?

does this explain the high rate of absentee fathers in mississippi? the entire state is based on the father not showung ip unti the very end of the game?

[MisterP]

18. California has a nice, burnished history behind it, but our Gov.

is considering naming it Österreich-am-Pazifisch or Nipplestan.

[TyeDye75]

19. Ill second that

Illinois that is

[Reverend_Smitty]

20. New Jersey...

so awesome that the "New" isn't even needed when referring to the state...so take that New York, New Mexico, New Hampshire! Jersey's where its at!

[RedSpartan]

23. Seconded! n/t

[Tweed]

21. Yeah, Illinois is the best. That's why I have it in my sig.

[CBGLuthier]

22. Oklahoma

Oklahoma means Red Man.


The only state named after the original owners of this land.

[SmileyBoy]

24. Hawaii

I always like saying that.

[maveric]

39. Thats the one!! Coolest sounding state ever!

[loudestchick]

25. Well they called the flat plains Kansas a long, long time ago

When they'd seen the gates of glory and the fire down below
The many great decisions of the people in this place
You could tell the strength within them, you could see it their face

[Dukkha]

26. Oh, Hi OHIO

Round on the ends, high in the middle
O-hi-o-hi-o
O how hi I o

[sans qualia]

27. Iowa

Spoken aloud, its name consists entirely of vowel sounds. How cool is that?

[B Calm]

28. MISSISSIPPI

[Richardo]

30. You'd never guess based on Bush, but the word 'Texas' means 'friends'

...or 'allies'. How's that for irony? :eyes:

(tejas, tayshas, texias, thecas?, techan, teysas, techas?) had wide usage among the Indians of East Texas even before the coming of the Spanish, whose various transcriptions and interpretations gave rise to many theories about the meaning. The usual meaning was "friends," although the Hasinais applied the word to many groups-including Caddoan-to mean "allies."

[fit4life]

31. Gotta go with Alabama

It just rolls off the tongue so nicely!

Illinois is nice too, but the silent "s" at the end is irritating, and it's cold here! lol

[agitpropagent9]

32. of c ourse, it's...

louisiana

[mdmc]

33. Live Free or Die!

NH
:kick:

[zanana]

37. New Hampshire

As opposed to Old Hampshire.

[Branjor]

38. Mississippi

as opposed to Mr. Sippi.

[central scrutinizer]

40. it has to be Oregon

since nobody has been able to prove definitively where the name came from.