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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. List of states and territories of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]

  4. Map showing the source languages/language families of state names. The fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands have taken their names from a wide variety of languages. The names of 24 states derive from indigenous languages of the Americas and one from Hawaiian.

  5. Lotteries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first U.S. multi-state lottery game was formed in 1985 in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont; its flagship game remains Tri-State Megabucks. In 1988, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) was formed with Iowa , Kansas , Missouri , Oregon , Rhode Island , West Virginia , and the District of Columbia as its charter members; it is best ...

  6. Category : Video games set in the United States by state

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    Pages in category "Video games set in the United States by state" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.

  7. NationStates - Wikipedia

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    NationStates (formerly Jennifer Government: NationStates) is a multiplayer government simulation browser game created and developed by Max Barry.Based loosely on Barry's novel Jennifer Government, the game launched on 13 November 2002 with the site originally founded to publicize and promote the novel one week before its release.

  8. Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For other uses, see Pennsylvania (disambiguation). "Penn." redirects here. For other uses, see Penn. State in the United States Pennsylvania Pennsilfaani (Pennsylvania Dutch) State Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Flag Seal Nickname: The ...

  9. Sports in the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    The team name came from the state bird, a rooster known as the Rhode Island Red. ... Missouri hosted the 1904 Summer Olympics at St. Louis, the first time the games ...