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Hawaii resident Islander, [21] Kamaʻāina. 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
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.
People born in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo are called this nickname Carioca (Brazil) A person from the city of Rio de Janeiro. Candango (Brazil) Nickname given to construction workers, who came mainly from the Brazilian Northeast, who worked in the construction of Brasília. [citation needed] Catracho (Central America) A person from ...
On June 1, 1792, Kentucky County officially became a state. Like Virginia , the official title of the elected local prosecutor in each of Kentucky 's political subdivisions is the Commonwealth's Attorney, as opposed to State's Attorney in other states or the more standard District Attorney.
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State flag of Maine Location of Maine on the U.S. map. The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the American state of Maine, live in Maine, or for whom Maine is a significant part of their identity.
This category is for people from the United States state of Kentucky Classification : People : By nationality : American : By state : Kentucky Also: Countries : United States : States : Kentucky : People
Maine (/ m eɪ n / ⓘ MAYN) [10] is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeastern most state in the Lower 48.It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, and shares a maritime border with Nova Scotia.