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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]
The list of regional nicknames used in English language includes nicknames for people based on their locality of origin (birthplace, place of permanent residence, or family roots). Nicknames based on the country (or larger geopolitical area) of origin may be found in the List of ethnic slurs .
Gene Stipe (1926–2012), longest-serving member of the Oklahoma State Senate, from McAlester, Oklahoma; Clarence L. Tinker (1887–1942), Air Force major general killed in action in World War II; Elizabeth Warren (born 1949), US senator for Massachusetts, Special Advisor for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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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This category is for people from the United States state of Oklahoma Classification : People : By nationality : American : By state : Oklahoma Also: Countries : United States : States : Oklahoma : People
Oklahoma (/ ˌ oʊ k l ə ˈ h oʊ m ə / ⓘ OHK-lə-HOH-mə; [7] Choctaw: Oklahumma, pronounced) [8] is a landlocked state in the South Central region of the United States. [9] It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northeast, Arkansas to the east, New Mexico to the west, and Colorado to the northwest.