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French Translations of US States
How do you say the US states in French?

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Here are the 50 US states as said in French. Most states are masculine; only the nine in italics are feminine.

Alabama Alaska
Arizona Arkansas
Californie Caroline du Nord
Caroline du Sud Colorado
Connecticut Dakota du Nord
Dakota du Sud 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
l'état de New York* Nouveau-Mexique
Ohio Oklahoma
Oregon Pennsylvanie
Rhode Island Tennessee
Texas Utah
Vermont Virginie
Virginie-Occidentale l'état de Washington*
Wisconsin Wyoming

*These are said this way to distinguish between the cities and the states with the same name.
 

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