wyoming
The state of New Jersey was named after the Channel Island of Jersey in the English Channel.
Victoria was named after Queen Victoria
New Jersey was named for the small Channel island of Jersey.
australia
The state of Tennessee is supposedly named after a Cherokee village "Tanasi" in a liberal sense this is true as the 'english' attempt at saying Tanasi is close to Tennessee.
Boston
Virginia - Elizabeth I was "The Virgin Queen."
Sir George Carteret, after the island of Jersey in the English Channel, where he had prevoiusly been governor.
Chihuahua IS a Spanish word. There is a state in Mexico named Chihuahua, after which the Chihuahua dog breed was named. It is pronounced the same way in Spanish as in English.
who named the state mississippi
No state is named after a Spanish city.