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This partial list of city nicknames in Massachusetts compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities and towns in Massachusetts are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem used on the coat of arms of Massachusetts. Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem is a Latin passage and the official motto of the U.S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The phrase is often loosely translated into English as "By the sword we seek peace, but ...
Massachusetts: It's All Here [citation needed] Michigan: Pure Michigan: Say Yes to Michigan Great Lakes. Great Times. [1] [17] [18] Minnesota: Land of 10,000 Lakes [citation needed] Mississippi: Feels Like Coming Home [citation needed] Montana: The Sky's the Limit Big Sky Country Montana - Naturally Inviting [19] [20] Nebraska: Nebraska, its ...
Massachusetts: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem: By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty Latin: 1775 [34] Michigan: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice: If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you Latin: June 2, 1835 [35] [36] Minnesota: L'Étoile du Nord [N 6] The star of the North French: 1861 [37 ...
Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty) Boston: Sicut patribus sit deus nobis (God be with us as He was with our fathers) Somerville: Municipal Freedom Gives National Strength
came from governor John Winthrop's goal, of the original Massachusetts Bay Colony, to create the biblical "City on a Hill." It also refers to the original three hills of Boston. The Hub is a shortened form of a phrase recorded by writer Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Hub of the Solar System. [1]
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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