What is the origin of the name of your Province or State?

I live in Ontario which name was acquired from the Iroquois word kanadario which means Sparkling Water

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I was born and raised in Mississippi which comes from "Misi-ziibi"
Algonquin for great river,
I now live in Massachusetts and I believe it's from the Neponset Indians language for great hill