New York is a state, it does not contain states. It contains counties.
Because they were named after an already existing location of the same name.
It is much easier to name the six New England states than to name the forty-four non-New England states. Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont
Confederate states of America or confederacy
5 states in America are Texas California New York Florida and Rhode Island.
Four US states have "New" in the name New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York
New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey
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New Mexico. Mexico is a country bordering the United States and New Mexico, a state in the the United States, has the same name. The only state in the US that has the name of a country that borders the US in it is New Mexico. The other country is Mexico.
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The four "New" states are New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, and New York. The four newest states are Hawaii, Alaska, Arizona, and New Mexico.
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New Mexico. Mexico is a country bordering the United States and New Mexico, a state in the the United States, has the same name. The only state in the US that has the name of a country that borders the US in it is New Mexico. The other country is Mexico.
New Hampshire New Jersey New York New Mexico
The Confederate States of America.
New Mexico
The new nation formed by the southern seceding states was called the Confederate States of America.