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The Associated Press Stylebook restricts use of "Hawaiian" to people of Native Hawaiian descent. [22] Hawaiian: Kamaʻāina Idaho: Idahoan Illinois: Illinoisan Illinoisian, Illinoian, Flatlander, [23] Sucker, Sand-hiller, Egyptian [24] Indiana: Hoosier: Indianan (former GPO demonym replaced by Hoosier in 2016), [1] Indianian (archaic) [25] Iowa ...
State flag of North Carolina Location of North Carolina on the U.S. map The following is a list of notable people who were born, raised, or closely associated with the U.S. state of North Carolina . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
This category is for people from the United States state of North Carolina Classification : People : By nationality : American : By state : North Carolina Also: Countries : United States : States : North Carolina : People
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.
During the late unhappy war between the States it [North Carolina] was sometimes called the "Tar-heel State," because tar was made in the State, and because in battle the soldiers of North Carolina stuck to their bloody work as if they had tar on their heels, and when General Lee said, "God bless the Tar-heel boys," they took the name. (p. 6) [10]
North Carolina (/ ˌ k ær ə ˈ l aɪ n ə / ⓘ KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia to the southwest, and Tennessee to the west.
The wealthiest people in North Carolina live in the Triangle. Forbes gives us their real-time net worth. ... For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail.
Coined in the 1830s from the Napoleonic Wars 20 years previously. The people of Hartlepool captured a French ship off the North East coast of England, and finding the only survivor on the ship was a monkey, hanged it thinking it was a spy. Hartlepool United F.C, have a mascot called H'Angus the Monkey Moonrakers (UK) Natives of the county of ...