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  2. List of U.S. state and territory nicknames - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. State of matter - Wikipedia

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    In physics, a state of matter is one of the distinct forms in which matter can exist. Four states of matter are observable in everyday life: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Many intermediate states are known to exist, such as liquid crystal, and some states only exist under extreme conditions, such as Bose–Einstein condensates and Fermionic ...

  4. Nation state - Wikipedia

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    A nation-state is a political unit where the state, a centralized political organization ruling over a population within a territory, and the nation, a community based on a common identity, are congruent. It is a more precise concept than "country", since a country does not need to have a predominant national or ethnic group.

  5. Red states and blue states - Wikipedia

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    Map based on last Senate election in each state as of 2022. Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms "red state" and "blue state" have referred to U.S. states whose voters vote predominantly for one party — the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states — in presidential and other statewide elections.

  6. Secretary of State of Maine - Wikipedia

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    Website. Official website. The secretary of state of Maine is a constitutional officer in the U.S. state of Maine and serves as the head of the Maine Department of State. The Secretary of State performs duties of both a legislative branch as well as an executive branch officer. The role oversees areas that include motor vehicle licensing, state ...

  7. Penn State University Park - Wikipedia

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    Website. psu .edu. University Park, also referred to as Penn State University Park, is the name given to the Pennsylvania State University 's main campus located in both State College and College Township, Pennsylvania. The campus post office was designated "University Park, Pennsylvania" in 1953 by Penn State president Milton Eisenhower, after ...

  8. United States Department of State - Wikipedia

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    Antony Blinken, Secretary. Kurt M. Campbell, Deputy Secretary. Richard Verma, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources. Website. state.gov. The United States Department of State ( DOS ), [3] or simply the State Department, [4] is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.

  9. Cavite State University - Wikipedia

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    Cavite State University (CvSU; Filipino: Pamantasang Pampamahalaan ng Cavite) is a public university in the province of Cavite in the Philippines. Its 70-hectare (170-acre) main campus, known as the Don Severino delas Alas Campus, is located in the Municipality of Indang, Cavite about 60 km (37 mi) southwest of Manila .