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This is a list of ancient regions that bear the same or similar names. For a list of formerly divided regions, see Formerly divided regions. Belgica was originally one of the Latin names of the Netherlands and the French Belgique was used as a translation of the same country's name.
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.
Homophones (literally "same sound") are usually defined as words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of how they are spelled. [note 2] ...
Virginia, along with innumerable other expressions, might usefully be considered a set of homonyms, and each homonym (to which we could in theory assign a "serial number") is then a genuine proper name: Virginia.1 might uniquely refer to the US state; Virginia.2 to Virginia Woolf; Virginia.3 to USS Virginia (BB-13) the pre-dreadnought ...
Unique names in this analysis are those where the state represents a higher share of all U.S. babies with that name than the share of babies born overall. Names had to represent at least .05% of ...
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The Super Bowl is a mecca for more than just football. It touts the largest television audience of the year, more so than the Presidential Inauguration, Olympics, or Macy’s Thanksgiving Day ...