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Nickname(s)
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Alabama
[1]
[a]
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Alaska
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American Samoa
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- Motu o Fiafiaga (a
Samoan phrase; in English, it is "Islands of Paradise")
[9] (used on American Samoa license plates)
[10]
- Football Island[s]
[11]
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Arizona
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Arkansas
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California
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Colorado
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Connecticut
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Delaware
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Chemical Capital of the World
[30] (due to one time being the corporate headquarters for several international chemical companies.)
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Corporate Capital (due to the state's business-friendly incorporation laws)
[30]
- Diamond State (Thomas Jefferson is supposed to have referred to Delaware as being like a diamond- small in size but great in value)
[31]
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Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken State
[32]
- The First State
[30]
[33] (Delaware was the first state to ratify the
Constitution; used on
license plates)
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Peach State
[30] (no longer used; see Georgia)
- Small Wonder
[30]
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District of Columbia
[a]
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- Nation's Capital
[34]
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DMV (nickname for the broader metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia)
[34]
- Inside the
Beltway
- Chocolate City
[35]
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Florida
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Georgia
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-
Peach State
[38] (used on
license plates)
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Cracker State — Along with Florida, Georgia had been called "The Cracker State" in earlier times, perhaps a derogatory term that referred to immigrants, called "crackers," from the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina.
[39] See also
Atlanta Crackers: Origin of the name
- Empire State of the South — Georgia is the largest Southern state in land area east of the Mississippi and was the leading industrial state of the Old South.
[40]
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Goober State — Refers to peanuts, the official state crop.
[41]
- State of Adventure (on highway welcome signs)
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Guam
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Hawaii
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Idaho
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Illinois
[53]
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Indiana
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-
Hoosier State (Used at various times on
license plates)
[55]
(Hoosier is also the official demonym of a resident of Indiana)
- Crossroads of America (Also used at various times on
license plates and used on highway welcome signs)
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Iowa
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Kansas
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Kentucky
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Louisiana
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Maine
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
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Michigan
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Minnesota
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Mississippi
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Missouri
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Montana
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Nebraska
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Nevada
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New Hampshire
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New Jersey
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New Mexico
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- Land of Enchantment
[79] (used on
license plates)
- Land of Sunshine (predates "Land of Enchantment"; this earlier nickname highlighted the large percentage of sunshine received statewide)
[80]
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New York
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North Carolina
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North Dakota
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Northern Mariana Islands
[a]
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- Håfa Adai (a
Chamorro phrase; in English, it is "Hello")
[85] (used on Northern Mariana Islands license plates)
[86]
[b]
- America's Best Kept Secret
[87]
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Ohio
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Oklahoma
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Oregon
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Pennsylvania
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Puerto Rico
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- Isla del Encanto ("Island of Enchantment") (used on
license plates)
- Borinquen (name given by indigenous people, the
Tainos)
[93]
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Rhode Island
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South Carolina
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South Dakota
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Tennessee
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Texas
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U.S. Virgin Islands
[a]
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Utah
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Vermont
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Virginia
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Washington
[a]
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West Virginia
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Wisconsin
[108]
[a]
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Wyoming
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-
Cowboy State
- Equality State
- Forever West (on highway welcome signs)
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