State Nicknames, Etc. Flashcards by Ed Little

Alabama

Nickname

Cotton State; Heart of Dixie; Yellow-hammer State

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Alaska

Nickname

Land of the Midnight Sun; The Last Frontier

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Arizona

Nickname

Grand Canyon State

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Arkansas

Nickname

Land of Opportunity; The Natural State

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California

Nickname

Golden State

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Colorado

Nickname

Centennial State

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Connecticut

Nickname

Constitution State; Nutmeg State

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Delaware

Nickname

Diamond State; First State

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Florida

Nickname

Sunshine State; Peninsula State

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Georgia

Nickname

Empire State of the South; Peach State

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Hawaii

Nickname

Aloha State; Paradise of the Pacific

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Idaho

Nickname

Gem State

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Illinois

Nickname

Prairie State

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Indiana

Nickname

Hoosier State

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Iowa

Nickname

Hawkeye State

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Kansas

Nickname

Jayhawker State; Sunflower State

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Kentucky

Nickname

Bluegrass State

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Louisiana

Nickname

Creole State; Pelican State

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Maine

Nickname

Lumber State; Pine Tree State

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Maryland

Nickname

Old Line State

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Massachusetts

Nickname

Bay State; Old Bay State; Old Colony State

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Michigan

Nickname

Wolverine State

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Minnesota

Nickname

Gopher State; North Star State

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Mississippi

Nickname

Magnolia State

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Missouri | Nickname

Show Me State

Montana | Nickname

Treasure State

Nebraska | Nickname

Cornhusker State

Nevada | Nickname

Sagebrush State; Silver State

New Hampshire | Nickname

Granite State

New Jersey | Nickname

Garden State

New Mexico | Nickname

Land of Enchantment; Sunshine State

New York | Nickname

Empire State

North Carolina | Nickname

Old North State; Tar Heel State

North Dakota | Nickname

Flickertail State; Sioux State

Ohio | Nickname

Buckeye State

Oklahoma | Nickname

Sooner State

Oregon | Nickname

Beaver State

Pennsylvania | Nickname

Keystone State

Rhode Island | Nickname

Little Rhody

South Carolina | Nickname

Palmetto State

South Dakota | Nickname

Coyote State; Sunshine State

Tennessee | Nickname

Volunteer State

Texas | Nickname

Lone Star State

Utah | Nickname

Beehive State

Vermont | Nickname

Green Mountain State

Virginia | Nickname

Old Dominion

Washington | Nickname

Evergreen State; Chinook State

West Virginia | Nickname

Mountain State

Wisconsin | Nickname

Badger State

Wyoming | Nickname

Equality State

Alabama | Motto

Audemus jura nostra defendere ("We dare defend our rights")

Alaska | Motto

North to the Future (unofficial)

Arizona | Motto

Ditat Deus ("God enriches")

Arkansas | Motto

Regnat populus ("The people rule")

California | Motto

Eureka ("I have found it")

Colorado | Motto

Nil sine numine ("Nothing without Providence")

Connecticut | Motto

Qui transtulit sustinet ("He who transplanted still sustains")

Delaware | Motto

Liberty and Independence

Florida | Motto

In God We Trust

Georgia | Motto

Wisdom, Justice, Moderation

Hawaii | Motto

Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono ("The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness")

Idaho | Motto

Esto perpetua ("May she endure forever")

Illinois | Motto

State Sovereignty, National Union

Indiana | Motto

Crossroads of America

Iowa | Motto

Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain

Kansas | Motto

Ad astra per aspera("To the stars through difficulties")

Kentucky | Motto

United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Louisiana | Motto

Union, Justice, and Confidence

Maine | Motto

Dirigo("I lead")

Maryland | Motto

Fatti maschii, parole femine ("Manly deeds, womanly words")

Massachusetts | Motto

Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem("By the sword she seeks peace under liberty")

Michigan | Motto

Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice("If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you")

Minnesota | Motto

L'Etoile du Nord("The North Star")

Mississippi | Motto

Virtute et armis("By Valor and Arms")

Missouri | Motto

Sclus populi suprema lex esto ("Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law")

Montana | Motto

Oro y plata ("Gold and silver")

Nebraska | Motto

Equality Before the Law

Nevada | Motto

All For Our Country

New Hampshire | Motto

Live Free or Die

New Jersey | Motto

Liberty and Prosperity

New Mexico | Motto

Crescit eundo("It grows as it goes")

New York | Motto

Excelsior("Ever upward")

North Carolina | Motto

Esse quam videri("To be, rather than to seem")

North Dakota | Motto

Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable

Ohio | Motto

With God All Things Are Possible

Oklahoma | Motto

Labor omnia vincit("Labor conquers all things")

Oregon | Motto

She Flies With Her Own Wings

Pennsylvania | Motto

Virtue, Liberty, and Independence

Rhode Island | Motto

Hope

South Carolina | Motto

Animis opibusque parati ("Prepared in mind and resources") and Dum spiro spero("While I breathe, I hope")

South Dakota | Motto

Under God the People Rule

Tennessee | Motto

Agriculture and Commerce

Texas | Motto

Friendship

Utah | Motto

Industry

Vermont | Motto

Freedom and Unity

Virginia | Motto

Sic semper tyrannis ("Thus always to tyrants")

Washington | Motto

Al-ki ("By and by")

West Virginia | Motto

Montani semper liberi ("Mountaineers are always free men")

Wisconsin | Motto

Forward

Wyoming | Motto

Equal Rights

Alabama | Song

Alabama

Alaska | Song

Alaska's Flag

Arizona | Song

Arizona

Arkansas | Song

Arkansas

California | Song

I Love You, California

Colorado | Song

Where the Columbines Grow

Connecticut | Song

(none)

Delaware | Song

Our Delaware

Florida | Song

The Swanee River (Old Folks at Home)

Georgia | Song

Georgia on My Mind

Hawaii | Song

Hawaii Ponoi

Idaho | Song

Here We Have Idaho

Illinois | Song

Illinois

Indiana | Song

On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away

Iowa | Song

The Song of Iowa

Kansas | Song

Home on the Range

Kentucky | Song

My Old Kentucky Home

Louisiana | Song

Give Me Louisiana; You Are My Sunshine

Maine | Song

State of Maine Song

Maryland | Song

Maryland, My Maryland

Massachusetts | Song

Massachusetts

Michigan | Song

Michigan, My Michigan (unofficial)

Minnesota | Song

Hail! Minnesota

Mississippi | Song

Go, Mississippi

Missouri | Song

Missouri Waltz

Montana | Song

Montana

Nebraska | Song

Beautiful Nebraska

Nevada | Song

Home Means Nevada

New Hampshire | Song

Old New Hampshire

New Jersey | Song

(none)

New Mexico | Song

O Fair New Mexico

New York | Song

(none)

North Carolina | Song

The Old North State

North Dakota | Song

North Dakota Hymn

Ohio | Song

Beautiful Ohio

Oklahoma | Song

Oklahoma!

Oregon | Song

Oregon, My Oregon

Pennsylvania | Song

(none)

Rhode Island | Song

Rhode Island's It for Me

South Carolina | Song

Carolina

South Dakota | Song

Hail, South Dakota

Tennessee | Song

Tennessee Waltz

Texas | Song

Texas, Our Texas

Utah | Song

Utah, We Love Thee

Vermont | Song

Hail, Vermont

Virginia | Song

Carry Me Back to Old Virginia

Washington | Song

Washington, My Home

West Virginia | Song

The West Virginia Hills and West Virginia, My Home, Sweet Home

Wisconsin | Song

On, Wisconsin!

Wyoming | Song

Wyoming

Alabama | Bird

Yellowhammer

Alaska | Bird

Willow ptarmigan

Arizona | Bird

Cactus wren

Arkansas | Bird

Mockingbird

California | Bird

Valley quail

Colorado | Bird

Lark bunting

Connecticut | Bird

American robin

Delaware | Bird

Blue hen chicken

Florida | Bird

Mockingbird

Georgia | Bird

Brown thrasher

Hawaii | Bird

Hawaiian goose (nene)

Idaho | Bird

Mountain bluebird

Illinois | Bird

Cardinal

Indiana | Bird

Cardinal

Iowa | Bird

Eastern goldfinch

Kansas | Bird

Western meadowlark

Kentucky | Bird

Cardinal

Louisiana | Bird

Pelican

Maine | Bird

Chickadee

Maryland | Bird

Baltimore oriole

Massachusetts | Bird

Chickadee

Michigan | Bird

Robin

Minnesota | Bird

Loon

Mississippi | Bird

Mockingbird

Missouri | Bird

Bluebird

Montana | Bird

Western meadowlark

Nebraska | Bird

Western meadowlark

Nevada | Bird

Mountain bluebird

New Hampshire | Bird

Purple finch

New Jersey | Bird

Eastern goldfinch

New Mexico | Bird

Roadrunner

New York | Bird

Eastern bluebird

North Carolina | Bird

Cardinal

North Dakota | Bird

Western meadowlark

Ohio | Bird

Cardinal

Oklahoma | Bird

Scissor-tailed flycatcher

Oregon | Bird

Western meadowlark

Pennsylvania | Bird

Ruffed grouse

Rhode Island | Bird

Rhode Island red

South Carolina | Bird

Carolina wren

South Dakota | Bird

Ring-necked pheasant

Tennessee | Bird

Mockingbird

Texas | Bird

Mockingbird

Utah | Bird

Sea gull

Vermont | Bird

Hermit thrush

Virginia | Bird

Cardinal

Washington | Bird

Willow goldfinch

West Virginia | Bird

Cardinal

Wisconsin | Bird

Robin

Wyoming | Bird

Western meadowlark

Alabama | Flower

Camellia

Alaska | Flower

Forget-me-not

Arizona | Flower

Saguaro cactus

Arkansas | Flower

Apple blossom

California | Flower

Golden poppy

Colorado | Flower

Columbine

Connecticut | Flower

Mountain laurel

Delaware | Flower

Peach blossom

Florida | Flower

Orange blossom

Georgia | Flower

Cherokee rose

Hawaii | Flower

Hibiscus (Pua Aloalo)

Idaho | Flower

Syringa

Illinois | Flower

Butterfly violet

Indiana | Flower

Peony

Iowa | Flower

Carolina wild rose

Kansas | Flower

Sunflower

Kentucky | Flower

Goldenrod

Louisiana | Flower

Magnolia

Maine | Flower

Pine cone and tassel

Maryland | Flower

Black-eyed Susan

Massachusetts | Flower

Mayflower

Michigan | Flower

Apple blossom

Minnesota | Flower

Pink and white lady's slipper

Mississippi | Flower

Magnolia

Missouri | Flower

Hawthorn

Montana | Flower

Bitterroot

Nebraska | Flower

Goldenrod

Nevada | Flower

Sagebrush

New Hampshire | Flower

Purple lilac

New Jersey | Flower

Purple violet

New Mexico | Flower

Yucca

New York | Flower

Rose

North Carolina | Flower

Dogwood

North Dakota | Flower

Prairie rose

Ohio | Flower

Scarlet carnation

Oklahoma | Flower

Mistletoe

Oregon | Flower

Oregon grape

Pennsylvania | Flower

Mountain laurel

Rhode Island | Flower

Violet

South Carolina | Flower

Carolina jessamine

South Dakota | Flower

Pasqueflower

Tennessee | Flower

Iris

Texas | Flower

Bluebonnet

Utah | Flower

Sego lily

Vermont | Flower

Red clover

Virginia | Flower

American dogwood

Washington | Flower

Rhododendron

West Virginia | Flower

Rosebay rhododendron

Wisconsin | Flower

Butterfly violet

Wyoming | Flower

Indian paintbrush

Alabama | Tree

Southern pine

Alaska | Tree

Sitka spruce

Arizona | Tree

Paloverde

Arkansas | Tree

Short-leaf pine

California | Tree

Redwood

Colorado | Tree

Blue spruce

Connecticut | Tree

White oak

Delaware | Tree

American holly

Florida | Tree

Sabal palm

Georgia | Tree

Live oak

Hawaii | Tree

Candlenut (Kukui)

Idaho | Tree

White pine

Illinois | Tree

White oak

Indiana | Tree

Tulip tree

Iowa | Tree

Oak

Kansas | Tree

Cottonwood

Kentucky | Tree

Tulip poplar

Louisiana | Tree

Bald cypress

Maine | Tree

White pine

Maryland | Tree

White oak

Massachusetts | Tree

American elm

Michigan | Tree

White pine

Minnesota | Tree

Red or Norway pine

Mississippi | Tree

Magnolia

Missouri | Tree

Dogwood

Montana | Tree

Ponderosa pine

Nebraska | Tree

Cottonwood

Nevada | Tree

Single-leaf pinon; Bristlecone pine

New Hampshire | Tree

White birch

New Jersey | Tree

Red oak

New Mexico | Tree

Pinon (nut pine)

New York | Tree

Sugar maple

North Carolina | Tree

Pine

North Dakota | Tree

American elm

Ohio | Tree

Buckeye

Oklahoma | Tree

Redbud

Oregon | Tree

Douglas fir

Pennsylvania | Tree

Eastern hemlock

Rhode Island | Tree

Red maple

South Carolina | Tree

Palmetto

South Dakota | Tree

Black Hills spruce

Tennessee | Tree

Tulip poplar

Texas | Tree

Pecan

Utah | Tree

Blue spruce

Vermont | Tree

Sugar maple

Virginia | Tree

American dogwood

Washington | Tree

Western hemlock

West Virginia | Tree

Sugar maple

Wisconsin | Tree

Sugar maple

Wyoming | Tree

Cottonwood

State Nicknames, Etc. Flashcards

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