São Paulo

Borrowed from Portuguese, named after Saint Paul.

Southeast Region
Southeast Region#English

São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)


Paraná

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)


Berlin

→ Vietnamese: Béc-lanh

→ Persian: برلن (berlan)

États de la zone: Bade-Wurtemberg · Bavière · Brandebourg · Hesse · Basse-Saxe · Mecklembourg-Poméranie-Occidentale · Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie · Rhénanie-Palatinat · Sarre · Saxe · Saxe-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringe

Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)


Lagos

Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos (literally “lakes”).


Maine

From Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica. The word was rebracketed as ce (“this”) + Maine, and the ce- was lost by the 12th century.


Texas

Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.


Alaska

Borrowed from English Alaska, ultimately from Aleut alaxsxaq.

Demain soir, je vais en Alaska rendre visite à mon cousin.

Tomorrow evening, I'm going to Alaska to visit my cousin.

États: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · Californie · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Floride · Géorgie · Hawaï · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiane · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · Nouveau-Mexique · État de New York · Caroline du Nord · Dakota du Nord · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvanie · Rhode Island · Caroline du Sud · Dakota du Sud · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginie · Washington · Virginie-Occidentale · Wisconsin · Wyoming

Samoa américaines · Guam · Îles Mariannes du Nord · Porto Rico · îles mineures éloignées des États-Unis · Îles Vierges des États-Unis


Alabama

Borrowed from English Alabama, itself likely from Alabama Albaamaha.

Demain, je vais dans l’Alabama rendre visite à ma grand-mère.

Tomorrow, I'm going to Alabama to visit my grandmother.


Colorado

Holonym: États-Unis


Illinois

Haitian Creole: Ilinwa


Nevada

Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”)


Washington

Washington (a state of the United States)


Wisconsin

Wisconsin (a state of the United States)


Wyoming

From Munsee xwé:wamənk (literally “at the big river flat”).

der

Holonym: États-Unis


Caroline

Carolina (one of the two states of the United States named Carolina in English)


Acre

From Portuguese Acre, of uncertain origin.

A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Rio Branco


Vienne

→ Persian: وین (viyan)

Of disputed origin. Perhaps from the Roman name, Latin Vindobona, or possibly from a Celtic word *Veduna (“forest stream”), which would justify the phonetic evolution into the modern french form. Compare Proto-Celtic *widus (“woodland”).

Vienna (the capital city and state of Austria)


Tyrol

Tyrol (region (state) in western Austria)


Virginie

Haitian Creole: Vijini


Géorgie

Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)


Hambourg

Hamburg (a state of Germany containing the city of the same name)


Bavière

From Old French Baviere, Baiviere, from Medieval Latin Baioaria.


Brême

From Middle French Breme, Bresme, Bremes, from Middle Low German Brēmen.


Saxe

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From Middle French Saxe, an apparently semi-learned form which displaced Old French Saisunie, Sessoigne, etc., from Latin Saxōnia, perhaps after Medieval Latin Saxia or influenced by German Sachsen itself. Compare Middle French Saxone (“Saxony”).


Californie

California (a state of the United States)


Caroline du Sud

South Carolina (a state of the United States)


Louisiane

English: Louisiana

Haitian Creole: Lwizyàn

Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn

Portuguese: Luisiana

Spanish: Luisiana

From Louis + -iane.
Named for king Louis XIV of France.

Louisiana (a state of the United States)


Hawaï

Ultimately from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Hawaiki, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki.


Pennsylvanie

Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)


Silésie

Silesia (a historical region in Central Europe, shared between the Czech Republic and Poland)


Caroline du Nord

North Carolina (a state of the United States)


Brandebourg

Brandenburg (region of Germany, formerly a principality and presently a state in Germany)


Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie

Calque of German Nordrhein-Westfalen. From Rhénanie + du + Nord + Westphalie

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

North Rhine-Westphalia (a state of Germany)


Rhénanie-Palatinat

Calque of German Rheinland-Pfalz, from Rhénanie + Palatinat

Rhineland-Palatinate (a state of Germany)


Nouveau-Mexique

From nouveau (“new”) (from Latin novus) + Mexique (“Mexico”).

New Mexico (a state of the United States)


Australie-Occidentale

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

Western Australia (a state of Australia)


Virginie-Occidentale

West Virginia (a state of the United States)


Pernambouc

Northeast Region
Northeast Region#English

Pernambuco (a state of the Northeast Region, Brazil; capital: Recife)


Bade-Wurtemberg

From German Baden-Württemberg. From Bade + Wurtemberg


Mecklembourg-Poméranie-Occidentale

From German Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. From Mecklembourg + Poméranie-Occidentale

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania#English

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (a state of Germany)


Saxe-Anhalt

Calque of German Sachsen-Anhalt. From Saxe + Anhalt


Basse-Autriche

Calque of German Niederösterreich, By surface analysis, bas + Autriche


Haute-Autriche

Calque of German Oberösterreich, By surface analysis, haut + Autriche.