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Nickname(s)
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Alabama
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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") (used on American Samoa license plates)
- Football Island[s]
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Arizona
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- Apache State
- Aztec State
- Baby State (because 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
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- 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
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- Nation's Capital
- DMV (nickname for the broader metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia)
- Inside the Beltway
- Chocolate City
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Florida
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Georgia
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- 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 (on highway welcome signs)
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Guam
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- Tano y Chamorro (Land of the Chamorro) (used on Guam license plates)
- Hub of the Pacific
- Gateway to Micronesia
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Hawaii
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- 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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- Gem State
- Gem of the Mountains
- Little Ida
- Spud State
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Illinois
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Indiana
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- Hoosier State (Used at various times on license plates)
(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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- America's Heartland (previously used on Licence Plates)
- Central State
- Dorothy's Home
- Free State
- Midway USA (previously used on Kansas Licence Plates)
- Sunflower State
- Wheat State (previously used on license plates)
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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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- Baked Bean State
- Codfish State (formerly represented on license plates by a codfish)
- The Bay State
- Old Colony State
- Pilgrim State
- The Spirit of America (used on license plates)
- Taxachusetts (colloquial)
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Michigan
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- The Great Lakes State (previously used on license plates)
- Water Wonderland and Water-Winter Wonderland (previously used on license plates)
- The Wolverine State
- The Mitten State
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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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- 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)[citation needed]
- 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
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- 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)
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New York
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North Carolina
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- First in Flight
- First in Freedom
- Old North State
- Tar Heel State
- Turpentine State
- Variety Vacationland
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North Dakota
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Northern Mariana Islands
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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- Badger State
- America's Dairyland (also on license plates since a 1939 state law)
- The Mitten State[citation needed]
- The Copper State (historical)
- The Dairy State
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Wyoming
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- Cowboy State
- Equality State
- Forever West (on highway welcome signs)
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