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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.
New Mexico is the first state to adopt a state question: ... Nickname: Land of Enchantment; Spanish: Tierra del Encanto, or Tierra Encantada (1999) [5] [N 2]
New Mexico has only three Interstate Highways: Interstate 10 travels southwest from the Arizona state line near Lordsburg to the area between Las Cruces and Anthony, near El Paso, Texas; Interstate 25 is a major north–south interstate highway starting from Las Cruces to the Colorado state line near Raton; and Interstate 40 is a major east ...
The nickname "Empire State" is believed to have origins dating back to a letter written by George Washington in 1785, where he praised New York's resilience and referred to it as "the Seat of the ...
While the nickname originally dates back to the 1870s, the New Jersey state legislature voted to make the name official in 1954, overruling the governor to add "The Garden State" to license plates.
New Hampshire: New Hampshirite New Hampshireman or New Hampshirewoman, Granite Stater, Granite Boys [42] New Jersey: New Jerseyan New Jerseyite New Mexico: New Mexican Spanish: Neomexicano, neomexicana, Neomejicano, neomejicana [43] New York: New Yorker Knickerbocker [44] [45] Spanish: Neoyorquino, neoyorquina North Carolina: North Carolinian
An enlargeable map of the State of New Mexico. Names Common name: New Mexico. Pronunciation: Official name: State of New Mexico; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: NM; ISO 3166-2 code: US-NM; Internet second-level domain: .nm.us; Nicknames Land of Enchantment (currently used on license plates)
The "Aggies" nickname derives from the university's agricultural roots and status as a land grant institution. Prior to 2000 the women's intercollegiate athletic teams were known as the Roadrunners, placing NMSU among the handful of NCAA Division I schools which had separate nicknames and mascots for its men's and women's programs.