The District of Columbia is as close as I can find--however, it is not a state. It is a city...Washington D.C.
See the related link.
New Mexico
New Mexico.
Puerto Rico, which is a US state.
No. Barbados was named by the Portuguese, but they did not lay claim to it. It was claimed by England and became a British colony, which lasted for about 300 years.. Barbados became an independent state in 1966.
There could be two possible answers. The first and only State is New Mexico and the second answer is District of Columbia. The last one is not a state, it's a city which is the Capital of USA. The name Columbia comes from Columbus, Cristopher. In Spanish Language Columbus means Colon and there is a country named for Colon, Cristobal. Colombia.
No, New York is a state in the northeastern part of the US.
Georgia is the only state named after a country, being named after King George II of England.
Argentina ~ Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire)
Teocaltiche is located in a Latin American in North American country called Mexico, found in the central-western area of Mexico, in the state of Jalisco.
that list probably does not list Puerto Rico because it is a commonwelth state of the United States. It is still a latin American country.
Brazil is a country, it is in the continent of South America, and is made up of 26 states.
State names are derived from English, Latin, Spanish, French, Hawaiian, and Native American words. For example, an English named state would be New York, a Latin one Pennsylvania, a Spanish one California, a French one Louisiana, a Hawaiian one Hawaii, and a Native American one New Mexico. Some states etymologies are undetermined, such as Idaho.