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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.
This is a list of demonyms used to designate the citizens of specific states, federal district, and territories of the United States of America. Official English-language demonyms are established by the United States Government Publishing Office (USGPO); [ 1 ] however, many other terms are in common use.
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
English language – List of U.S. state, district, and territorial language status; Spanish language – List of U.S. state, district, and territorial Spanish language use; Names and pronunciation – List of U.S. states; Name etymologies – List of U.S. state name etymologies; Nicknames – List of U.S. state, district, and territorial nicknames
Map showing the source languages/language families of state names. 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.
List of states and territories of the United States#States From a modification : This is a redirect from a modification of the target's title or a closely related title. For example, the words may be rearranged.
For a general list of divided regions bearing the same or similar names, see Divided regions. Armenia (country) and Armenia (city in Colombia) Azerbaijan (country) and Azerbaijan (historical region of Iran) Bihar, a state of India and Bihar, a former county of Hungary; Congo (country, capital Kinshasa) and Congo (country, capital Brazzaville)
List of capitals in the United States; List of state and territorial capitols in the United States; List of largest cities of U.S. states and territories by population; List of counties by U.S. state and territory; List of the most populous counties by U.S. state; List of U.S. states by credit rating