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Dallie or Dally (New Zealand) A New Zealander of Croatian descent, a corruption of the word Dalmatian. [14]Doonhamer (Scotland, UK) A native of Dumfries, a reference to the southerly location of Dumfries and the fact that people working away from Dumfries refer to going "doon hame" (down home) when returning there .
Haysville – Peach Capital of Kansas [4] Jennings – Czech Us Out [12] Kansas City. KCK [13] Heart of America [14] Kirwin – Goose Capital [5] La Crosse – Barbed Wire Capital of the World [15] Lansing – City With a Future [16] Lawrence. River City [17] LFK [18] Lenexa – Spinach Capital [4] Leoti – Pinto Bean Capital [4] Liberal ...
Unidilla - An Iroquois word meaning "place of meeting." Named after Unadilla, New York. Venango - An eastern Native American name in reference to a figure found on a tree, carved by the Erie. Waco - Named after Waco, Texas, which is the name of one of the divisions of the Tawokoni whose village stood on the site of Waco, Texas. Wahoo; Winnebago
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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Kansas placenames of Native American origin (16 P) Kickapoo (3 C, 12 P) N. Native American museums in Kansas (6 P) Native American tribes in Kansas (12 C ...
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This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [1] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule. A moniker also means a nickname or personal name.