States That Start With D (And Why They Start With D)
Delaware Welp. Its the only D state in the country. As for its name origin, the state of Delaware was named after a person. De La Warr was anglicized to Delaware and Argall assigned it to the bay/river. The state of Delaware took its name from the Delaware Bay/River. Europeans called the native people who lived along the Delaware River the Delaware. Those natives who are today referred to as the Delaware are the Lenape in their own language....