When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of U.S. state and territory nicknames - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and...

    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.

  3. How Every State Got Its Nickname - AOL

    www.aol.com/every-state-got-nickname-200000398.html

    The people who came to the state before the land run's starting time at noon on April 22, 1889 were called "sooner," inspiring the state's eventual nickname as "The Sooner State." Jillian Cooper ...

  4. Every state's nickname and where it comes from - AOL

    www.aol.com/every-states-nickname-where-comes...

    Arizona: Grand Canyon State. Arizona's premier natural feature is the perfect pick for the state's straightforward nickname. The Grand Canyon's formation began 2 billion years ago with a base of ...

  5. List of demonyms for US states and territories - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_demonyms_for_US...

    This is a list of demonyms used to designate the citizens of specific states, federal district, and territories of the United States of America. Official English-language demonyms are established by the United States Government Publishing Office (USGPO); [1] however, many other terms are in common use.

  6. Map showing the source languages/language families of state names. 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.

  7. The Official Nicknames for Residents of Every State - AOL

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/official-nicknames...

    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 ...

  8. Guess 2/3 of the average - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_2/3_of_the_average

    Distribution of the 2898 answers to 1983 tie breaker Jeux et Stratégie contest. Alain Ledoux is the founding father of the "guess ⁠ 2 / 3 ⁠ of the average" game. In 1981, Ledoux used this game as a tie breaker in his French magazine Jeux et Stratégie. He asked about 4,000 readers, who reached the same number of points in previous puzzles ...

  9. State nicknames - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_nicknames

    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. State nicknames may refer to: List of U.S. state and territory ...