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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]
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.
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: Iowan Hawkeye [26] Kansas: Kansan Grasshopper, Jayhawker, Sunflower [27] Kentucky: Kentuckian Corncracker, [28] Kentuckyan ...
Arizona: Grand Canyon State. Arizona's premier natural feature is the perfect pick for the state's straightforward nickname. The Grand Canyon's formation began 2 billion years ago with a base of ...
Idaho's wide variety of minerals and gems led to its nickname, the "Gem State." Idaho is known for its many natural resources, including rare minerals like gold, cobalt, and garnet. Sean Pavone ...
Digging for Emerald Creek Star Garnets, Fernwood, Idaho, Postcard Circa 1960s Idaho: The Gem State Idaho is known as The Gem State because it's home to 72 different types of precious and semi ...
Idaho (/ ˈ aɪ d ə h oʊ / ⓘ EYE-də-hoh) is a landlocked state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West subregions of the Western United States.It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west; the state shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border to the north with the Canadian province of British Columbia.
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 ...