Every American state has a nickname. Here are some more of them.
Idaho is known as the Gem State. This is not because it has diamonds but because it believes it is the jewel of the western Rocky Mountains.
Illinois is the Land of Lincoln. It is named for Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president who led the nation through the Civil War in the eighteen sixties.
The Midwestern state of Indiana is called the Hoosier State, but nobody is quite sure why. One story is that the word was used to mean poor farmers or uneducated people. No wonder the state legislature instead calls Indiana the Crossroads of America.
Iowa's nickname, the Hawkeye State, is in honor of Black Hawk, an Indian chief who spent most of his life in neighboring Illinois!
Kansas also has a "hawkish" nickname: the Jayhawk State. Jayhawkers were free-state guerrilla fighters opposed to the pro-slavery fighters in the years before the Civil War.
Kentucky is the Bluegrass State. Bluegrass is really bright green but looks bluish from a distance. Louisiana is the Bayou State. A bayou is a slow-moving stream. Hundreds of them flow through this southern state, and many are full of alligators!
Maine, in the nation's northeast, is the Pine Tree State because it is covered in evergreen woods. And directly across the country, on the Pacific Coast, is the state of Washington. It also has lots of evergreen trees so, not surprisingly, it is the Evergreen State.
The eastern state of Massachusetts is the Bay State. This body of water separates most of the state from famous Cape Cod.
Six state nicknames are taken from native animals. Michigan is the Wolverine State. A wolverine is a small, fierce mammal. The badger is a similar and equally fierce creature and Wisconsin is the Badger State.
Neighboring Minnesota, the Gopher State, is named for a much nicer animal that builds hills and tunnels. However, the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes is written on Minnesota's vehicle license plates.
North Dakota gets its nickname, the Flickertail State not from some bird, but from a little squirrel. South Dakota takes its nickname, the Coyote State, from an animal that thinks flickertails are good to eat!
And Oregon, the Beaver State, borrows its nickname from the large, flat-tailed rodent that uses trees to build dams.
Next week, we will tell you about more state nicknames, including one that is about people's feet!
小学一年级英语作文:My Teacher's House
小学一年级英语作文:Radio and television
小学一年级英语作文:我是谁?(Who am I?)
小学一年级英语作文:我最喜欢的水果
小学一年级英语作文:运动大赛(Sport Competition)
小学一年级英语作文:我的英国朋友(My English friend)
小学一年级英语作文 :我的狗(My dog)
小学一年级英语作文:好朋友(Good friend)
小学一年级英语作文:A day in my life
小学一年级英语作文:What are stars like?
小学一年级英语作文:A flying fox
小学一年级英语作文:The sea
小学一年级英语作文:Father's hobby
小学一年级英语作文:我的英国朋友(My English friend)
小学一年级英语作文:我的老师家(My Teachers House)
小学一年级英语作文:妈妈和我(Mother and I)
小学一年级英语作文:A clever monkey
小学一年级英语作文:My special friend
小学一年级英语作文 :吉姆的家庭(Jim's family)
小学一年级英语作文:我的新老师(My New Teacher)
小学一年级英语作文:吉姆的家庭(Jim's family)
小学一年级英语作文:I don't think so
小学一年级英语作文 :A busy day
小学一年级英语作文:梦里成志愿者
小学一年级英语作文 :Children's Day
小学一年级英语作文:繁忙的一天 A Busy Day
小学一年级英语作文:Sea horse
小学一年级英语作文:如何让每个人都开心
小学一年级英语作文:It's cool behind you
小学一年级英语作文:上周末(Last Sunday)
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