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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. Etymology of California - Wikipedia

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    This 1562 map Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio by Diego Gutiérrez was the first map to print the toponym California.. Multiple theories regarding the origin of the name California, as well as the root language of the term, have been proposed, but most historians believe the name likely originated from a 16th-century novel, Las sergas de Esplandián.

  4. List of California state symbols - Wikipedia

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    Nicknames: Golden State 1968 — Song "I Love You, California" 1989 — State symbols. Type ... California state tartan: 2001 Theater: Pasadena Playhouse: 1937

  5. List of U.S. state and territory mottos - Wikipedia

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    Ad astra per aspera, the motto of Kansas on its state seal. Live Free or Die, the motto of New Hampshire on its state quarter. Labor omnia vincit, the motto of Oklahoma. South Carolina has two state mottos. Freedom and Unity, the motto of Vermont on its state quarter. Salus populi suprema lex esto, the motto of Missouri on its state seal.

  6. Flag of California - Wikipedia

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    The Bear Flag is the official flag of the U.S. state of California. [1] The precursor of the flag was first flown during the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt and was also known as the Bear Flag. A predecessor, called the Lone Star Flag, was used in an 1836 independence movement; [2] the red star element from that flag appears in the Bear Flag of today.

  7. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United ...

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    Pennsylvania is the only state that shares part of its name with its founder. The name "Penn" comes from the Welsh word for 'head'. Rhode Island: February 3, 1680: Dutch: roodt eylandt 'Red island', referring to Aquidneck Island. The Modern Dutch form of the phrase is 'rood eiland'. Greek: Ρόδος (Ródos)

  8. California State University, Bakersfield - Wikipedia

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    www .csub .edu. California State University, Bakersfield ( CSUB, Cal State Bakersfield, or CSU Bakersfield) is a public university in Bakersfield, California. It was established in 1965 as Kern State College and officially in 1968 as California State College Bakersfield on a 375-acre (152 ha) campus, becoming the 20th school in the California ...

  9. California State University, Sacramento - Wikipedia

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    In 1972, the school became California State University, Sacramento. In 2004, it formally adopted Sacramento State as its primary name; it had been used in athletics for some time. Today, Sacramento State is the only major four-year comprehensive university in the city of Sacramento.