ABD eyaleti takma adlarının listesi

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Resmi olarak kabul edilen takma adlar da dahil olmak üzere ABD eyaleti takma adlarının ve diğer Eyalet ve Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nin diğer geleneksel takma adlarının bir tablosu aşağıda verilmektedir.

Eyalet takma adları

Şu anki resmi eyalet takma adları kalın yazılmış haliyle vurgulanmıştır. Bir eyalet lakabı resmi bir devlet sloganı ile karıştırılmamalıdır.

Eyalet Takma adları
Alabama
(Resmi lakap yok)[1]
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Kaliforniya
Kolorado
Connecticut
Delaware
  • Chemical Capital of the World[24] (due to one time being the corporate headquarters for several international chemical companies.)
  • Corporate Capital (due to the state's business-friendly incorporation laws)[24]
  • Diamond State (Thomas Jefferson is supposed to have referred to Delaware as being like a diamond- small in size but great in value)[25]
  • Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken State[26]
  • The First State[24][27] (Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution; currently used on license plates)
  • Peach State[24] (no longer used; see Georgia)
  • Small Wonder[24]
Washington, D.C.
  • Nation's Capital[28]
  • DMV (nickname for the broader metropolitan area of Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia)[28]
  • Inside the Beltway
Florida
Georgia (ABD eyaleti)
  • Peach State[30] (currently used on license plates)
  • Cracker State — Along with Florida, Georgia had been called "The Cracker State" in earlier times, perhaps a derogatory term that referred to immigrants, called "crackers," from the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina.[31] See also Atlanta Crackers: Origin of the name
  • Empire State of the South — Georgia is the largest state in land area east of the Mississippi and was the leading industrial state of the Old South.[32]
  • Yankee-land of the South: Similarly to the above nickname, "Yankee-land of the South" speaks to industrial and economic development in the south. This nickname may be used in a derogatory sense.[33]
  • Goober State — Refers to peanuts, the official state crop.[34]
  • State of Adventure (On highway welcome signs)
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois[43]
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
  • Baked Bean State[54]
  • Codfish State (formerly represented on license plates by a codfish)
  • The Bay State[54]
  • Old Colony State[55]
  • Pilgrim State[54]
  • The Spirit of America (currently used on license plates)
  • The People's Republic of Massachusetts (colloquial)
  • Taxachusetts (colloquial)[56][57][58][59][60]
Michigan
Minnesota
  • Gopher State[12]
  • Land of 10,000 Lakes ("10,000 Lakes" currently used on license plates)
  • New England of the West[12]
  • North Star State
  • State of Hockey[62]
  • Bread and Butter State[12]
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
  • Big Sky Country (currently used on license plates)
  • The Last Best Place[64]
  • Treasure State (previously used on license plates)
Nebraska
  • Antelope State[65]
  • Beef State (previously used on license plates)
  • Cornhusker State (previously used on license plates)[66][65]
  • Bugeating State[67][65]
  • Blackwater State[12][65]
  • The Good Life (as seen on state border signs)
  • Tree Planters State[65]
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York (eyalet)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pensilvanya
Porto Riko
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
  • Mother of Presidents[12]
  • Mother of States[12]
  • The Old Dominion[26]
Washington (eyalet)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
(No official nickname)[90]
Wyoming
  • Cowboy state
  • Equality state
  • Forever West (On highway welcome signs)

Kaynak

  1. ↑ "Emblems Index". State of Alabama. 2008-01-26 Alınmıştır. 
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 Introduction to Alabama, 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.
  3. ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 "Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors". Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2006-04-20. 2007-03-18 Alınmıştır. Alabama does not have an official nickname. 
  4. ↑ "Heart of Dixie". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2004-06-29. 2007-03-18 Alınmıştır. 
  5. ↑ "Nicknames: America's 50 States (First of Four Parts)". Voice of America. VOA Special English program. 2008-01-06. 2009-01-04 Alınmıştır. 
  6. ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 6,3 6,4 The Last Frontier State, 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.
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  9. ↑ Ariz. HB 2549 Officially adopted by Arizona on February 14, 2011
  10. ↑ 10,0 10,1 10,2 10,3 10,4 10,5 10,6 10,7 Introduction to Arkansas, US States, retrieved April 24, 2009.
  11. ↑ Arkansas § 1-4-106 - State nickname Retrieved Feb. 28, 2011
  12. ↑ 12,00 12,01 12,02 12,03 12,04 12,05 12,06 12,07 12,08 12,09 12,10 12,11 12,12 12,13 12,14 12,15 12,16 12,17 12,18 12,19 12,20 12,21 12,22 Şablon:Cite NIE
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  14. ↑ "State Symbols". California State Library. State of California. 2008-01-26 Alınmıştır. 
  15. ↑ 15,0 15,1 15,2 15,3 "Colorado". NetState.com. NState, LLC. 2007-02-21 Alınmıştır. 
  16. ↑ 16,0 16,1 "Colorado State Name and Nicknames". Colorado State Symbols & Emblems. State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. 2007-02-21 Alınmıştır. 
  17. ↑ "Colorado State Flower". Colorado State Symbols & Emblems. State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. 2007-02-21 Alınmıştır. 
  18. ↑ "Colorado Water History" (asp). Colorado Historical Society. 2007-11-29 Alınmıştır. 
  19. ↑ Denver, Colorado
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  21. ↑ Colorado Ski Country USA history
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  23. ↑ Conn. Stat. Sec. 3-110a, retrieved Nov. 4, 2013
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  25. ↑ "Jewel among the states (Quotation)". Monticello.ORG. 13 November 2015 Alınmıştır. 
  26. ↑ 26,0 26,1 26,2 26,3 26,4 26,5 26,6 26,7 26,8 26,9 Barry Popik, Smoky City, barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005
  27. ↑ Delaware Code Title 29 Section 318 retrieved on February 28, 2011
  28. ↑ 28,0 28,1 Farhi, Paul. (2010, July 30). After initial obscurity, 'The DMV' nickname for Washington area picks up speed. Washington Post. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  29. ↑ 29,0 29,1 29,2 29,3 29,4 Introduction to Florida, 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.
  30. ↑ "Quick Facts: State Symbols". The New Georgia Encyclopedia. University of Georgia Press. 2008-03-03 Alınmıştır. 
  31. ↑ "Folklife: Customs and Local Traditions". The New Georgia Encyclopedia. University of Georgia Press. 2008-03-03 Alınmıştır. 
  32. ↑ "History & Archaeology: Antebellum Industrialization". The New Georgia Encyclopedia. University of Georgia Press. 2008-03-03 Alınmıştır. 
  33. ↑ "Georgia". State Flags Flowers Birds Symbols and Emblems State Quarters Geography and Maps Newspapers History and Economy for the 50 States. NetState.com. 2008-03-03 Alınmıştır. 
  34. ↑ "Land & Resources: Peanuts". The New Georgia Encyclopedia. University of Georgia Press. 2008-03-03 Alınmıştır. 
  35. ↑ "Hawaii Revised Statutes § 5-7". November 4, 2013 Alınmıştır. 
  36. ↑ 36,0 36,1 36,2 36,3 Introduction to Hawaii, 50 States.
  37. ↑ "HAWAII: A RAINBOW OF CULTURAL RICHES: A world of traditions blending for centuries offers cultural activities of colorful diversity". Guidebookamerica.com. 2013-05-24 Alınmıştır. 
  38. ↑ 808 State Frequently Asked Questions: Where did 808 State get their name from?, 808 State Official Website.
  39. ↑ 808 State Update, Talk Radio Hawaii
  40. ↑ "Nicknames: America's 50 States (Second of Four Parts)". Voice of America. VOA Special English program. 2008-01-12. 2009-01-04 Alınmıştır. 
  41. ↑ 41,0 41,1 Introduction to Idaho, 50 States.
  42. ↑ "SuperPages: Idaho History". 2008-03-21 Alınmıştır. 
  43. ↑ "Illinois". Illinois State Symbols & Emblems. 2007-04-29 Alınmıştır. 
  44. ↑ 44,0 44,1 44,2 44,3 Introduction to Illinois, 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.
  45. ↑ The unofficial sobriquet of the State of Indiana has given rise to the humorous constructions Hoosierana (the land of Hoosiers; see uses in Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame and by sports journalist Frank DeFord) and Hoosierstan (the place of Hoosiers).
  46. ↑ "Iowa State Nickname - "The Hawkeye State"". State Symbols USA. May 24, 2013 Alınmıştır. 
  47. ↑ "Kansas Signage". roadsideamerica.com. 2007-03-26 Alınmıştır. 
  48. ↑ 48,0 48,1 48,2 48,3 Introduction to Kentucky, 50 States.
  49. ↑ "State Nicknames". 50states.com. 2013-05-24 Alınmıştır. 
  50. ↑ Judy Colbert, Off the Beaten Path: Maryland and Delaware, 8th ed., 2007, ISBN 978-0-7627-4418-3.
  51. ↑ 51,0 51,1 51,2 51,3 51,4 51,5 "The State of Maryland - An Introduction to the Old Line State from". Netstate.Com. 2013-05-24 Alınmıştır. 
  52. ↑ "Nicknames: America's 50 States (Third of Four Parts)". Voice of America. VOA Special English program. 2008-01-19. 2009-01-04 Alınmıştır. 
  53. ↑ Archives of Maryland Online
  54. ↑ 54,0 54,1 54,2 Introduction to Massachusetts, 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.
  55. ↑ Massachusetts (state, United States), Britannica Online, retrieved April 24, 2009.
  56. ↑ Andrew Ryan, Report: 'Taxachusetts' label remains part of Massachusetts' past, Boston Globe, April 6, 2007.
  57. ↑ Daniel J. Flynn, 'Taxachusetts' no more?, Forbes, October 22, 2008.
  58. ↑ 'Taxachusetts' Voters May Eliminate State Income Tax, Fox News, October 7, 2008.
  59. ↑ Michael D. Shear, Giuliani Backers Attack 'Taxachusetts Romney', The Washington Post, December 12, 2007.
  60. ↑ Slate's Chatterbox: The Myth of 'Taxachusetts', National Public Radio, October 15, 2004.
  61. ↑ Holland, Meegan (15 March 2010). "Death of Michigan's only Wolverine brings up question: Why are we still the Wolverine State?". MLive. 14 September 2015 Alınmıştır. 
  62. ↑ Jess Myers, Hockey roots run deep in Minnesota, ESPN.com, February 10, 2004
  63. ↑ [1] Riverfront Times, January 10, 2012
  64. ↑ In Montana, a Popular Expression Is Taken Off the Endangered List New York Times, August 17, 2008; Retrieved February 28, 2011
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  66. ↑ [2], Nebraska Rev. Stat. § 90-101, retrieved Nov. 4, 2013
  67. ↑ http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ne_intro.htm
  68. ↑ 68,0 68,1 68,2 "New Hampshire Almanac >Fast New Hampshire Facts". State of New Hampshire official website. October 12, 2012 Alınmıştır. 
  69. ↑ Peterson, Ivar (August 29, 1992). "New Jersey Is the Garbage State No More; Once Known for Its Pollution, It Is Now Known for Getting Tough on the Polluters". New York Times. 28 November 2016 Alınmıştır. its grim reputation as the Garbage State of a decade ago, when waste dumps smoked and smoldered, waterways were glazed with gunk and Federal officials identified more toxic cleanup sites per square mile than in any other state. 
  70. ↑ 70,0 70,1 New Mexico Symbols, State Names, SHG Resources website, accessed July 7, 2008
  71. ↑ New Mexico Revised Statutes, Sec. 12-3-4-N, retrieved Nov. 4, 2013
  72. ↑ 72,0 72,1 Introduction to North Carolina, 50 States, retrieved February 28, 2011.
  73. ↑ "Why We are Called Tar Heels". UNC Libraries. 2008-01-26 Alınmıştır. 
  74. ↑ Variety Vacationland Postcard Exhibit Retrieved February 28, 2011.
  75. ↑ "It's official: Ohio IS the birthplace of aviation". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 2003-06-14. 2007-04-06 Alınmıştır. 
  76. ↑ {{{başlık}}}.
  77. ↑ "Nicknames: America's 50 States (Fourth of Four Parts)". Voice of America. VOA Special English program. 2008-01-26. 2009-01-04 Alınmıştır. 
  78. ↑ "Oregon's license plate from 1960 to circa 1966". Plate Shack. 2007-07-12 Alınmıştır. 
  79. ↑ "Turnpikes and Toll Roads in Nineteenth Century America". 8 November 2012 Alınmıştır. 
  80. ↑ "98.03.04: The Taínos of Puerto Rico: Rediscovering Borinquen". Yale.edu. 2013-05-24 Alınmıştır. 
  81. ↑ Progress Island U.S.A.
  82. ↑ "Iodine". South Carolina Encyclopedia. 2007-04-14. orijinal May 19, 2006 tarihide arşivlendi. 2007-04-06 Alınmıştır. 
  83. ↑ 83,0 83,1 83,2 83,3 83,4 South Dakota Symbols, State Names, SHG Resources website, accessed July 7, 2008
  84. ↑ "South Dakota Laws 1-6-16.5". November 4, 2013 Alınmıştır. 
  85. ↑ 85,0 85,1 85,2 85,3 85,4 Tennessee Symbols and Honors, in Tennessee Blue Book
  86. ↑ 86,0 86,1 "Texas:Facts, Map, and State Symbols". EnchantedLearing.com. 2008-03-09 Alınmıştır. 
  87. ↑ "NetState: Utah". 2008-03-24 Alınmıştır. 
  88. ↑ "State it on a plate — Over the years, slogans, designs have taken some poetic license". Deseret News. 
  89. ↑ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. 2012-08-16 Alınmıştır. 
  90. ↑ 90,0 90,1 "Wisconsin State Symbols" in Wisconsin Blue Book 2005-2006, p. 966. Wisconsin has no Official nickname.
  91. ↑ Dornfeld, Margaret; Hantula, Richard (2010). Wisconsin: It's my state!. Marshall Cavendish. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-60870-062-2. 
  92. ↑ Urdang, Laurence (1988). Names and Nicknames of Places and Things. Penguin Group USA,. p. 8. ISBN 9780452009073. "America's Dairyland" A nickname of Wisconsin 
  93. ↑ Kane, Joseph Nathan; Alexander, Gerard L. (1979). Nicknames and sobriquets of U.S. cities, States, and counties. Scarecrow Press. p. 412. ISBN 9780810812550. Wisconsin - America's Dairyland, The Badger State ... The Copper State ... 
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