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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.

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State, federal district, and territory nicknames

Official state, federal district, and territory nicknames are highlighted in bold. A state nickname is not to be confused with an official state motto.

State,
federal district,
or territory		 Nickname(s)
 ألباما[1][أ]
 ألاسكا
 ساموا الأمريكية
  • 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]
 أريزونا
 أركنساس
 كاليفورنيا
 كولورادو
 كنتيكت
 دلاوير
  • Chemical Capital of the World[30] (due to one time being the corporate headquarters for several international chemical companies.)
  • 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]
  • 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)
  • Peach State[30] (no longer used; see Georgia)
  • Small Wonder[30]
 واشنطن دي سي[أ]
  • Nation's Capital[34]
  • DMV (nickname for the broader metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia)[34]
  • Inside the Beltway
  • Chocolate City[35]
 فلوريدا
 جورجيا
  • Peach State[38] (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.[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]
  • Goober State — Refers to peanuts, the official state crop.[41]
  • State of Adventure (on highway welcome signs)
 گوام
 هاواي
 أيداهو
 إلينوي[53]
 إنديانا
  • 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)
 آيوا
 كانزاس
 كنتكي
 لويزيانا
 مين
 مريلاند
 مساتشوستس
 مشيگن
 مينيسوتا
 مسيسپي
 مزوري
 مونتانا
 نبراسكا
 نـِڤادا
 نيو هامپشر
 نيوجرزي
 نيومكسيكو
  • 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]
 نيويورك
 كارولاينا الشمالية
 داكوتا الشمالية
 جزر ماريانا الشمالية[أ]
  • Håfa Adai (a Chamorro phrase; in English, it is "Hello")[85] (used on Northern Mariana Islands license plates)[86][ب]
  • America's Best Kept Secret[87]
 أوهايو
 اوكلاهوما
 أوريگون
 پنسيلڤانيا
 پورتو ريكو
  • Isla del Encanto ("Island of Enchantment") (used on license plates)
  • Borinquen (name given by indigenous people, the Tainos)[93]
 رود أيلند
 كارولاينا الجنوبية
 داكوتا الجنوبية
 تنسي
 تكساس
 الجزر العذراء الأمريكية[أ]
 يوتا
 ڤرمونت
 ڤرجينيا
 واشنطن[أ]
 ڤرجنيا الغربية
 ويسكنسن[108][أ]
 وايومنگ
  • Cowboy State
  • Equality State
  • Forever West (on highway welcome signs)


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ملاحظات

  1. ^ أ ب ت ث ج ح No official nickname.
  2. ^ Though this phrase is used on license plates, it is unclear if it is the official nickname of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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