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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.
Alabama: The Heart of Dixie. ... South Carolina: The Palmetto State ... The iconic Mount Rushmore is located in South Dakota, so the state's nickname is "The Mount Rushmore State." Straightforward ...
Alabama doesn't have an official nickname, but it's often called the "Yellowhammer State" or the "Heart of Dixie." "Dixie" is a nickname for the American South. Dennis MacDonald/Shutterstock
South Carolina: South Carolinian Sandlapper [55] Spanish: Sudcarolino, sudcarolina South Dakota: South Dakotan Spanish: Sudakotense Tennessee: Tennessean Volunteer, Butternut [56] Big Bender Texas: Texan Texian (Anglo-Texan - historical), [57] Tejano (Hispano-Texan), Texican (archaic) Spanish: Texano, texanaSpanish: Tejano, tejana Utah: Utahn ...
[26] or the name Dafydd (David) Tar Heel (US) a person from North Carolina; also the nickname of the athletic teams at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and frequently used as an adjective for students or fans of that school Taswegian, Tassie (Australia) A person from Tasmania. [27] Tapatío (Mexico) A person from Guadalajara ...
South Carolina has a live mascot named Sir Big Spur, with the latest iteration named Sir Big Spur VII.The original mascot, an Old English Black Breasted Red Fighting Gamecock of the same name ...
City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. [1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" [2] are also believed to have economic value. [1]
The nickname is derived from South Carolina’s state tree, the sabal palmetto. The official tree of South Carolina is the South Carolina palmetto. Also called the cabbage palmetto, ...