State, federal district, or territory | Nickname(s) |
Alabama |
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Alaska |
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American Samoa |
- Motu o Fiafiaga (a Samoan phrase; in English, it is "Islands of Paradise") (used on American Samoa license plates)
- Football Island[s]
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Arizona |
- Apache State
- Aztec State
- Baby State (Arizona is the newest contiguous state in the Union)
- Copper State
- Grand Canyon State (used on license plates)
- Italy of America
- Sand Hill State
- Sunset State
- Sweetheart State (see below)
- Valentine State (Arizona gained statehood on February 14, 1912)
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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 |
- Chemical Capital of the World (due to one time being the corporate headquarters for several international chemical companies)
- Corporate Capital (due to the state's business-friendly incorporation laws)
- Diamond State (Thomas Jefferson is supposed to have referred to Delaware as being like a diamond – small in size but great in value)
- Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken State
- The First State (Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution; used on license plates)
- Peach State (no longer used; see Georgia)
- Small Wonder
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District of Columbia |
- Nation's Capital
- DMV (nickname for the broader metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia)
- Inside the Beltway
- End Taxation Without Representation (used on license plates)
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Florida |
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Georgia |
- Peach State (used on license plates)
- 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) (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)
- Goober State (Refers to peanuts, the official state crop)
- State of Adventure
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Guam |
- Tano y Chamorro (Land of the Chamorro) (used on Guam license plates)
- Hub of the Pacific
- Gateway to Micronesia
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Hawaii |
- Aloha State (officially the "popular" name, used on license plates)
- Paradise of the Pacific
- Pineapple State
- Rainbow State
- Youngest State
- 808 State (colloquial, refers to the state's area code)
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Idaho |
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Illinois |
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Indiana |
- Hoosier State (used at various times on license plates; "Hoosier" is also the official demonym of a resident of Indiana)
- Crossroads of America (used at various times on license plates; 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 |
- Antelope State
- Beef State (previously used on license plates)
- Cornhusker State (previously used on license plates)
- Bug-eating State
- Blackwater State
- The Good Life (as seen on state border signs)
- Tree Planters State (formerly the official state nickname)
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Nevada |
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New Hampshire |
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New Jersey |
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New Mexico |
- Land of Enchantment (used on license plates)
- Land of Sunshine (predates "Land of Enchantment"; this earlier nickname highlighted the large percentage of sunshine received statewide)
- Land of Entrapment
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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 |
- Håfa Adai (a Chamorro phrase; in English, it is "Hello") (used on Northern Mariana Islands license plates)
- America's Best Kept Secret
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Ohio |
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Oklahoma |
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Oregon |
- Beaver State
- Pacific Wonderland (previously used on license plates and available on an extra cost plate)
- Webfoot State
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Pennsylvania |
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Puerto Rico |
- Isla del Encanto ("Island of Enchantment") (used on license plates)
- Borinquen (name given by indigenous people, the Tainos)
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Rhode Island |
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South Carolina |
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South Dakota |
- Artesian State
- Blizzard State
- Coyote State
- Land of Infinite Variety
- The Mount Rushmore State (officially adopted in 1980 in place of the former nickname of Coyote State)
- Sunshine State (no longer used; see Florida)
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Tennessee |
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Texas |
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U.S. Virgin Islands |
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Utah |
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Vermont |
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Virginia |
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Washington |
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West Virginia |
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Wisconsin |
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Wyoming |
- Cowboy State
- Equality State
- Forever West (on highway welcome signs)
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