colonies name
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Connecticut
Algonquin Indian name kwenihtekot for the river that flows through the colony.
Pennsylvania
Penn-his father +sylvania=woods
Massachusetts
Settlers say this was the name of an Indian village.
new Hampshire
named after Hampshire England
Delaware
named after Lord De La Warr.
Rhode Island
named by the dutch"roodt eyelandt"
new york
renamed new York after the duke of York.
