As you've now got me started looking them up:Well, I get that most of the names for the "new states" are based on Indian Tribes, and on natural features (esp lakes and rivers), but there's a couple that are throwing me... "Wauwautania" and "Puania" for example
Generations of schoolchildren who have difficulty in spelling are grateful that this proposal never came to pass!
- Tadousacaia after Tadousac, now Tadoussac in Quebec
- Gaspesia after the Gaspe Peninsula
- Sagadahock after an old name for the Kennebec River
- Champlainia after Lake Champlain
- Catarakua after the Cataraqui River
- Senekania after the Seneca
- Erieland after Lake Erie
- Huronia after Lake Huron
- Mensisipia after the Mensisipi River
- Camanestigonia after the Kaministiquia River
- Missisagania after Lake Mississagaigun, an old name for Mille Lacs Lake
- Puania after the Puans, an old name for the Winnebago or Ho-Chunk
- Mascoutenia after the Mascouten
- Miamisia after the Miami
- Wauwautania after one of many different spellings for the tribe now known as the Wea.
- Chicasawria after the Chickasaw
- Chactawria after the Choctaw
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