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In modern Dakota language, "b" is typically the correct consonant for words such as Bdóte, whose deprecated form in the historical record is mdóte. Cities such as Mendota, Minnesota take their name from Bdóte with the European colonizer mispronunciation of the Dakota "b" consonant.
The Minnesota State Fair, advertised as The Great Minnesota Get-Together, is an icon of state culture. More than two million people attended the fair in 2018. [ 45 ] The fair covers the variety of Minnesota life, including fine art, science, agriculture, food preparation, 4-H displays, music, the midway , and corporate merchandising.
Braham – Homemade Pie Capital of Minnesota [8] Duluth. The Zenith City [9] The Twin Ports (with Superior, Wisconsin) [9] Elk River – Where City and Country Flow Together [10] Hanover – The Little City on the Crow [11] Hermantown – The City of Quality Living [12] International Falls – The Icebox of the United States [13] Lake Benton ...
Minnesota is the 22nd state to have an official soil. [29] 2012 Song "Hail! Minnesota" Between 1904 and 1905, Minnesota's state song was written by two University of Minnesota students; it served as the school's official song until 1945, when it was adopted as state song. [30] The "Minnesota Rouser" eventually replaced it as the university's ...
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.
Minnesota: Minnesotan Minne Mississippi: Mississippian Missouri: Missourian Missouran French: Missourien Spanish: Misuriano Montana: Montanan Nebraska: Nebraskan Bugeaters (fake) or Cornhuskers [41] Nevada: Nevadan New Hampshire: New Hampshirite New Hampshireman or New Hampshirewoman, Granite Stater, Granite Boys [42] New Jersey: New Jerseyan
The name "Wyoming" comes from a Delaware Tribe word Mechaweami-ing or "maughwauwa-ma", meaning large plains or extensive meadows, which was the tribe's name for a valley in northern Pennsylvania. The name Wyoming was first proposed for use in the American West by Senator Ashley of Ohio in 1865 in a bill to create a temporary government for ...
Minnesota produces ethanol fuel and is the first to mandate its use, a 10% mix . [116] In 2019 there were more than 411 service stations supplying E85 fuel, comprising 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. [117] A 2% biodiesel blend has been required in diesel fuel since 2005. Minnesota is ranked in the top ten for wind energy production.