This capital’s name begins with the last 4 letters of the corresponding state .
Name both.
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ORIGIN of VERMONT (Etymology)
Samuel de Champlain claimed he area around what is now Lake Champlain, giving the name vert mont (Green Mountain) to the region he found, on a 1647 map.
Evidence suggests that this name came into use among English settlers before it morphed to "Vermont" ca. 1760.
In 1777, Thomas Young introduced the name in writing with a broadside "To the Inhabitants of Vermont, a Free and Independent State."
Edited on February 19, 2022, 8:54 am