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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.
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.
The name of a small road in Shepshed, Leicestershire, the bottom end of the lane is residential and the top of the lane is the home of Shepshed Dynamo FC. Butt of Lewis: The most northerly point of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Butts: Sir Mix-a-Lot's favorite place on the planet. Also the name of a county in the same state. Buttzville
It is simply the evolution of a word, first co-opted by Russians, then by the United States Board on Geographic Names. What is the world’s most populous city?: Top 10 most populous cities in the ...
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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.
Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...
Building-sized bugs, 55-foot wind chimes, and massive furniture are among the roadside oddities you won’t want to miss on your next cross-country trip.