U.S. State Names that Come from Spanish

There are two explanations for the origin of the name Arizona: either from árida zona, meaning arid zone in Spanish, or from a Spanish word of Basque origin that means The Good Oak. <h1>California</h1> <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1000/1*W_3leEFSTOapU90-_qauAA.jpeg" style="height:563px; width:1000px" /> To find the origin of California, we should recall the name of a fictional island country mentioned in Las Sergas de Esplandián, a popular Spanish chivalric romance written by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, which was published in 1510. <a href="https://medium.com/@SpainInTheUSA/u-s-states-with-names-of-spanish-origin-57496c8b932b">Website</a>