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Hi all

I would like to get lots of possible ideas for US state names in the alternative history circumstance that the British Empire crushed the American revolution, and that maybe there were at least one more attempted revolutions along the way. In French Revolution or Napoleonic periods, that one was crushed as well and the British won. The Americans would have gained independence through its sheer size and population by probably 1840-60.

I don't want anyone to take out the influences of the "new idea", the idea of republicanism in regard to the founding fathers of america as they would have become marta's if killed and remembered for generations down the line for their ideas that they thought and fought for.

I am talking thirteen colonies and Canada now but in the scenario of the british winning the American revolution they would have eventually combined and the people who lived there have called "Anglo-American".

After the North America gains independence it looks "west" (Manifest destiny), I know the Canadian names are influenced by British imperialism but I like the American ones better, much cooler. This is only related to current Canadian state names, use the current American state names for influence but I don't really want to change them.

Along with this think of this North America invading Mexico and play with the current American and Mexican state names. Mix and match and mess around with them. You can do the same with Cuba as their were many such proposals and incidents to invade, conquer and divide.

Finally by all means tear apart and combine land in Canada, Cuba Mexico and USA to create new states. One thing I love is looking at the Holy Roman Empire state map but don't go that far!!


Here is a list of sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_Cuba
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Mexico

I have included Australian state names below because one can imagine that the British idea was to colonise the entire of North America and Australia and one can only see they are similarly divided up like pieces of cake. (I am really not concerned about this because it is an ocean away however there are movements today for Australia to become apart of the USA.)

The list below includes the names of USA states that were not created and the current states of USA, Canada, Mexico, Cuba and Australia and there source of origin they came from. (Language) I do have to mention that I am unsure whether the source of the Mexican and Cuba state names are correct. If someone corrects me wrong thank you.

Enjoy! Alexander

List of states that were failed to be created and there state names
- Franklin
- Jefferson
- Lincoln
- Superior
- Delmarva
- Absaroka
- Scott
- Transylvania
- Deseret
- Westsylvania
- Nickajack
- Sequoyah

List of US state names State names source of origin
Alabama Choctaw
Alaska Aleut via Russian
Arizona Basque, O'odham via Spanish and Spanish
Arkansas Kansa, viaIllinois and French
California Spanish
Colorado Spanish
Connecticut Eastern Algonquian
Delaware French via English
Florida Spanish
Georgia Latin via English (ultimately from Greek)
Hawaii Hawaiian
Idaho English and Plains Apache
Illinois Algonquian via French
Indiana Latin (ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian)
Iowa Dakota via French
Kansas Kansa via French
Kentucky Iroquoian
Louisiana Two forms of English and one form of French
Maine French (ultimately from Frankish)
Maryland English (ultimately from Hebrew)
Massachusetts Algonquian
Michigan Ojibwe via French
Minnesota Dakota
Mississippi Ojibwe via French
Missouri Illinois
Montana Spanish
Nebraska Chiwere
Nevada Spanish
New Hampshire English
New Jersey French (ultimately from Old Norse)
New Mexico Nahuatl via Spanish
New York English
North Carolina Latin via English (ultimately from Frankish)
North Dakota Sioux
Ohio Seneca via French
Oklahoma Choctaw
Oregon Welsh and Latin
Pennsylvania Unknown Native American
Rhode Island Dutch and Greek
South Carolina Latin via English (ultimately from Frankish)
South Dakota Sioux
Tennessee Cherokee
Texas Caddo via Spanish
Utah Western Apache via Spanish
Vermont French
Virginia Latin
Washington English
West Virginia Latin
Wisconsin Miami via French
Wyoming Munsee Delaware


List of Canadian state names State names source of origin
Quebec Algonquin
British Columbia English
Alberta English
Manitoba Cree, Ojibwe and Assiniboine
Saskatchewan Cree
Nova Scotia Latin
New Brunswick English via German
Newfoundland and Labrador Portuguese and French
Prince Edward Island English
Northwest Territories Descriptive in relation to Ruperts Land (ideas to it to a Aboriginal term. One proposal was Denendeh from Athabaskan.)
Yukon Locheux
Nunavut Inuktitut


List of Australian state names State names source of origin
New South Wales Named after South Wales (Welsh)
Norfolk Island Araucaria heterophylla (Norfolk Island pin)
Northern Territory Mengerrdji and Kunwinjku
Queensland English (Queen Victoria)
South Australia Descriptive
Tasmania Dutch
Victoria English (Queen Victoria)
Western Australia Descriptive
Australian Capital Territory Descriptive


List of Mexican state names State names source of origin
Aguascalientes Spanish
Baja California Spanish
Baja California Sur Spanish
Campeche Spanish
Chiapas Spanish
Chihuahua Spanish
Coahuila Nahuatl
Colima Spanish
Durango Spanish
Guanajuato Spanish
Guerrero Spanish
Hidalgo Spanish
Jalisco Spanish
México Spanish
Mexico City Spanish
Michoacán Spanish
Morelos Spanish
Nayarit Spanish
Nuevo León Spanish
Oaxaca Nahuatl
Puebla Spanish
Querétaro Spanish
Quintana Roo Spanish
San Luis Potosí Spanish
Sinaloa Spanish
Sonora Spanish
Tabasco Spanish
Tamaulipas Spanish
Tlaxcala Nahuatl
Veracruz Latin
Yucatán Spanish
Zacatecas Spanish

List of Cuban state names State names source of origin
Pinar del Río Spanish
Artemisa Spanish
Havana Spanish
Mayabeque Spanish
Matanzas Spanish
Cienfuegos Spanish
Villa Clara Spanish
Sancti Spíritus Spanish
Ciego de Ávila Spanish
Camagüey Spanish
Las Tunas Spanish
Granma Spanish
Holguín Spanish
Santiago de Cuba Spanish
Guantánamo Spanish
Isla de la Juventud Spanish
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