The state of New Hampshire was named for Hampshire, England, one of the shires of England.
The state of Georgia is named after King George II of England. The state of Washington is named after President George Washington. The state of Louisiana is named after King Louis XIV of France.
Virginia
Georgia
Georgia is the only state named after a country, being named after King George II of England.
Georgia was named for King George II of England.
Virginia was named after Queen Elizabeth I. She was known as "The Virgin Queen." Maryland was named after Queen Henrietta Maria of England.
The state of Georgia was named after King George, who ruled England when Georgia was colonized.
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The UK is divided into Shires and not States. Abingdon is in Oxfordshire
the colony that became the state of New Hampshire was founded on the division in 1629 of a land grant given seven years previously by the Council for New England to Captain John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges (who founded Maine). The colony was named New Hampshire after the English county ofHampshire, one of the first Saxon shires. Hampshire was itself named after the port of Southampton, which was known previously as simply "Hampton".
New Hampshire.
Virginia, after Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen.