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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.
The nickname was adopted by the state in 1950 and was adopted as the mascot of Ohio State University in the 1960s. Oklahoma's nickname, the "Sooner State," dates back to the 1800s.
The people who came to the state before the land run's starting time at noon on April 22, 1889 were called "sooner," inspiring the state's eventual nickname as "The Sooner State." Jillian Cooper ...
Bay Stater (official term used by state government) and Citizen of the Commonwealth (identifier used in state law) [31] Massachusettsian, [32] Massachusite, [33] [34] Masshole (derogatory [35] as an exonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym [36]) Michigan: Michiganian
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(Australia) A person from the state of Victoria, arising from the state being nickname of Victoria (from the 1880s) as a ‘cabbage garden’ referring, somewhat slightingly, to the small size of the state. [8] Cajun (US) A person from Louisiana (mainly the southern portion of the state); derived from 'Acadian' Canuck A person from Canada. [9 ...
Some unofficial nicknames are positive, while others are derisive. The unofficial nicknames listed here have been in use for a long time or have gained wide currency. Bluefield – Nature's Air Conditioned City; Charleston – Chemicalville; Fairmont – The Gymnastics Capital of West Virginia; Petersburg – Home of the Golden Trout
Mountaineer – a West Virginia University student who dresses in pioneer costume as the school's mascot The Mountaineer, the mascot of the West Virginia Mountaineers; Mulerider and Molly – co-mascots of the Southern Arkansas Muleriders; a student dresses in mule rider costume and rides Molly, a live mule [29]