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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.
City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. [1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" [2] are also believed to have economic value. [1]
Oregon: The Beaver State Oregon's history is rooted in fur hats sourced from beavers. The beaver is both the state animal and the inspiration for the state nickname, "The Beaver State."
The nickname was adopted by the state in 1950 and was adopted as the mascot of Ohio State University in the 1960s. Oklahoma's nickname, the "Sooner State," dates back to the 1800s.
Oregon's unofficial nickname is "The Beaver State". [10] [43] Unofficial slogans for Oregon include "things look different here" and "Oregon, We Love Dreamers", the latter of which alludes to the "basic sense of idealism" of the state's culture. [44] In the 1950s and 60s, Oregon license plates featured the unofficial motto, "Pacific Wonderland ...
Reno, Nevada proudly displays its nickname as "The Biggest Little City in the World" on a large sign above a downtown street.. This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards ...
Oregon: Oregonian Pennsylvania: Pennsylvanian Penn, Quaker, Pennamite [51] Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanier [52] Puerto Rico: Puerto Rican Boricua [53] Spanish: Puertorriqueño, puertorriqueña Rhode Island: Rhode Islander Swamp Yankee [54] South Carolina: South Carolinian Sandlapper [55] Spanish: Sudcarolino, sudcarolina South Dakota: South ...
The nickname Rip City is usually used in the context of the city's NBA team, the Portland Trail Blazers. [12] The term was coined by the team's play-by-play announcer Bill Schonely during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers on February 18, 1971, the Blazers' first season. [13]