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Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Ad astra per aspera, the motto of Kansas on its state seal. Live Free or Die, the motto of New Hampshire on its state quarter. Labor omnia vincit, the motto of Oklahoma. South Carolina has two state mottos. Freedom and Unity, the motto of Vermont on its state quarter. Salus populi suprema lex esto, the motto of Missouri on its state seal.
Massachusetts. Massachusettsan. Bay Stater (official term used by state government) and Citizen of the Commonwealth (identifier used in state law) [30] Massachusettsian, [31] Massachusite, [32] [33] Masshole (derogatory [34] as an exonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym [35] ) Michigan.
Every state has its own unique symbols, like state animal, state flower, and state motto. The U.S. Government Publishing Office recognizes the following demonyms as the official nicknames for ...
List of state and territory name etymologies of the United States. The fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands have taken their names from a wide variety of languages. The names of 24 states derive from indigenous languages of the Americas and one from Hawaiian.
Seals of the U.S. states, territories, and federal district as of 1876. Great Seal of Alabama (1817–1868) Great Seal of Alabama (1868–1939) Seal of District of Alaska (1884–1910) Seal of Territory of Arizona (1864–1890) Seal of Territory of Arizona (1890–1912) Seal of the State of Colorado, 1876. Great Seal of Florida (1868–1985)
The newest symbols of Minnesota are the state flag and state seal, both adopted on May 11, 2024. [2] Minnesota schoolchildren have been the force behind the successful promotion of four official symbols: the blueberry muffin (1988), the monarch butterfly (2000), the Honeycrisp apple (2006), and ice hockey (2009).
The state's nicknames – "The Old North State" and "The Tar Heel State" – are both traditional, but have never been passed into law by the General Assembly. The first symbol was the Seal of North Carolina, which was made official in 1871. The original seal also contained the future state motto.