Nicknames

Alabama has been known as the "Yellowhammer State" since the Civil War. The yellowhammer nickname was applied to the Confederate soldiers from Alabama when a company of young cavalry soldiers from Huntsville, under the command of Rev. D.C. Kelly, arrived at Hopkinsville, KY, where Gen. Forrest's troops were stationed. The officers and men of the Huntsville company wore fine, new uniforms, whereas the soldiers who had long been on the battlefields were dressed in faded, worn uniforms. On the sleeves, collars and coattails of the new calvary troop were bits of brilliant yellow cloth. As the company rode past Company A , Will Arnett cried out in greeting "Yellowhammer, Yellowhammer, flicker, flicker!" The greeting brought a roar of laughter from the men and from that moment the Huntsville soldiers were spoken of as the "yellowhammer company." The term quickly spread throughout the Confederate Army and all Alabama troops were referred to unofficially as the "Yellowhammers." It is however an Unofficial Nickname. Alabama is the only US State that has never adapted an official nickname and is best known as the Heart of Dixie. It shoule also be noted that the Yellow shafted Flicker (Colaptes auratus) or Yellowhammer was named the State's Official Bird in 1933.

The "BreadBasket". It got this nickname because of it's fertile soil.

South Dakota's official nickname is "The Mount Rushmore State" because Mount Rushmore National Memorial is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. In 1980, the SD State Legislature voted to change the state nickname from "The Sunshine State" to "The Mount Rushmore State".

The Ocean State.

The reason why the state New York got it's nickname for the Big Apple is because the a certain New York band made a song called The Big Apple and also one of the reasons why is because they have so many thing made from apples and they have a lot of apples. Another nickname is the Empire State Building. It got that nickname because a huge building called the Empire State Building. The Empire State building is 611 feet tall and 79,288 square miles.

Some called it Seward's Folly and others called it Johnson's icebox thinking that it was useless and would never be worth anything.

Viegues, Culebra, Mona and the main island of Puerto Rico.

The Alabama River was named by early European explorers after the Indian tribe that lived in the territory and first appeared in 1540 spelled as "Alibamu", "Alibamo" and even "Limamu" in the journals of the Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto (c.1500-1542). The origin of the name Alabama is thought to come from a combination of two Choctaw words; Alba and Amo. In Choctaw, "Alba" means vegetation, herbs, plants and "Amo" means gatherer or picker. "Vegetation gatherers" would be an apt description for the Alabama Indians who cleared much land for agricultural purposes.

Idaho's official nickname is the "Gem State" because of the abundance of natural resources and scenic areas in Idaho. The mountains of Idaho contain veins of gold, silver, lead, zinc, cobalt, copper, and many other rare minerals.

ANSWER:The Nick-name of South Carolina is "The Palmetto State".

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Indianapolis, Indiana is known as the Crossroads of America and the Racing Capital of the World.

The Golden State. California's long association with gold make this a natural nickname for the state. From the naming of the state in the 16th century to the California Gold Rush of 1848 and the fields of yellow poppies (official state flower) that bloom in the springtime, gold, in one form or another, has been intertwined with the history and development of California.

Locombia (instead of Colombia). Loco means crazy in Spanish.

Mt. Rushmore is located near Rapid City, South Dakota.

Officially, the Bahamas are called the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

because of the wilderness there.

there are beautiful mountains, beaches, and forests and grassy plains.....

Washington is Beautiful!

The state is very green. Esp. in the western part of state. it has many fir trees and lots of other trees and tons of green foliage.

it also means the land of opportunity and regnant populas (the people rule) and it got it because the people rule and because everyone likes the sate Arkansas so the people voted and they voted the natural state now leave me alone i also get staright a's so im smart

New Hampshirites.

Nebraska's nickname is the Corn Husker States which is similar to the Corn Capital of the US.

A city in Minnesota is known as the Corn Capital of the World, and can make Minnesota the Corn Capital of the US.

Today Auckland City covers a large area which includes the Rohe of a number of different Iwi.

The local tribe who lived in the area where downtown Auckland is now was Ngāti Whātua.

There is also a generic name for the Māori living in Auckland today - that is "Ngāti Ākarana".

Ākarana is "Auckland" transliterated into Māori, as opposed to Tāmaki-makau-rau which is the Māori name for Auckland.

Bear in mind that which tribe lived in a particular area sometimes changed over history as well, due to wars and other factors.

Also a maori tribe not far from Auckland is NGAPUHI

Delaware's nickname "the Diamond State" is a reference to its state flag, which has its coat of arms on a large diamond-shaped field.

Wyoming is the Equality State being the first State to grant women the vote