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  2. List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    USCG. 2-letter codes used by the United States Coast Guard (bold red text shows differences between ANSI and USCG) Abbreviations: GPO. Older variable-length official US Government Printing Office abbreviations. AP. Abbreviations from the AP Stylebook [ 1 ](bold red text shows differences between GPO and AP) Name and status of region. ISO.

  3. List of states and territories of the United States - Wikipedia

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    A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from the map. The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states ...

  4. How Every State Got Its Nickname - AOL

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    Hawaii: The Aloha State. "Aloha" is a Hawaiian word meaning love, peace, compassion, and mercy. Commonly used as a greeting, "Aloha" is also deeply rooted in the state's culture, which sparked the ...

  5. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United States. The fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands have taken their names from a wide variety of languages. The names of 24 states derive from indigenous languages of the Americas and one from Hawaiian.

  6. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    v. t. e. This is a list of British words not widely used in the United States. In Commonwealth of Nations, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, India, South Africa, and Australia, some of the British terms listed are used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British English meanings that have ...

  7. List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union

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    Alaska Statehood Act, admitting Alaska as a state in the Union as of January 3, 1959. Hawaii Admission Act, admitting Hawaii as a state in the Union as of August 21, 1959. Legal status of Hawaii. List of states and territories of the United States. Federalism in the United States.

  8. Hampton Roads Conference - Wikipedia

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    The restoration of the national authority throughout the United States. No receding by the Executive of the United States on the slavery question from the position assumed thereon in the last annual message, and in preceding documents. No cessation of hostilities short of an end of the war, and the disbanding of all forces hostile to the ...

  9. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    A mathematical symbol is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object, an action on mathematical objects, a relation between mathematical objects, or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formula. As formulas are entirely constituted with symbols of various types, many symbols are needed for ...