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State |
Motto |
Nickname |
|---|---|---|
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Alabama |
We Dare Defend Our Rights |
Yellowhammer State; Heart of Dixie |
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Alaska |
North to the Future |
The Last Frontier |
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Arizona |
Diat Deus (God Enriches) |
Grand Canyon State |
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Arkansas |
Regnat Populus (The People Rule) |
Land of Opportunity |
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California |
Eureka (I Have Found It) |
Golden State |
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Colorado |
Nil Sine Numine (Nothing Without Providence) |
Centennial State |
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Connecticut |
Qui Transtulit Sustinet (He Who Transplanted Still Sustains) |
Constitution State |
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Delaware |
Liberty and Independence |
First State; Diamond State |
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Florida |
In God We Trust |
Sunshine State |
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Georgia |
Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation |
Peach State |
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Hawaii |
The Life of the Land Is Perpetuated in Righteousness |
Aloha State |
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Idaho |
Esto Perpetua (May It Endure Forever) |
Gem State |
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Illinois |
State Sovereignty—National Union |
Land of Lincoln; Prairie State |
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Indiana |
Crossroads of America |
Hoosier State |
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Iowa |
Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain |
Hawkeye State |
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Kansas |
Ad Astra Per Aspera (To the Stars with Difficulty) |
Sunflower State |
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Kentucky |
United We Stand, Divided We Fall |
Bluegrass State |
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Louisiana |
Union, Justice, and Confidence |
Pelican State |
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Maine |
Dirigo (I Direct) |
Pine Tree State |
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Maryland |
Fatti Maschii, Parole Femine (Manly Deeds, Womanly Words) |
Old Line State; Free State |
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Massachusetts |
Ense Petit Placidam sub LibertateQuietem (By the Sword We Seek Peace, But Peace Only Under Liberty) |
Bay State |
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Michigan |
Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circimspice (If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You) |
Great Lake State; Wolverine State |
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Minnesota |
L’etoile du Nord (The Star of the North) |
North Star State; Gopher State |
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Mississippi |
Virtute et Armis (By Valor and Arms) |
Magnolia State |
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Missouri |
Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto (The Welfare of the People Shall Be the Supreme Law) |
Show-Me State |
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Montana |
Oro y Plata (Gold and Silver) |
Big Sky Country; Treasure State |
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Nebraska |
Equality Before the Law |
Cornhusker State |
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Nevada |
All for Our Country |
Silver State; Sagebrush State |
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New Hampshire |
Live Free or Die |
Granite State |
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New Jersey |
Liberty and Prosperity |
Garden State |
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New Mexico |
Crescit Eundo (It Grows As It Goes) |
Land of Enchantment |
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New York |
Excelsior (Ever Upward) |
Empire State |
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North Carolina |
Esse Quam Videri (To Be Rather Than to Seem) |
Tarheel State; Old North State |
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North Dakota |
Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable |
Peace Garden State; Flickertail State |
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Ohio |
With God, All Things Are Possible |
Buckeye State |
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Oklahoma |
Labor Omnia Vincit (Labor Conquers All Things) |
Sooner State |
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Oregon |
She Flies with Her Own Wings |
Beaver State |
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Pennsylvania |
Virtue, Liberty, and Independence |
Keystone State |
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Rhode Island |
Hope |
Little Rhody; Ocean State |
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South Carolina |
Sum Spiro Spero (While I Breathe, I Hope) |
Palmetto State |
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South Dakota |
Under God, the People Rule |
Mount Rushmore State; Coyote State; Sunshine State |
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Tennessee |
Agriculture and Commerce |
Volunteer State |
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Texas |
Friendship |
Lone Star State |
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Utah |
Industry |
Beehive State |
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Vermont |
Freedom and Unity |
Green Mountain State |
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Virginia |
Sic Semper Tyrannis (Thus Always to Tyrants) |
Old Dominion |
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Washington |
Alki (Bye and Bye) |
Evergreen State |
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West Virginia |
Montani Semper Liberi (Mountaineers Are Always Free) |
Mountain State |
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Wisconsin |
Forward |
Badger State |
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Wyoming |
Equal Rights |
Equality State |
