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_State

_Motto

_Nickname

Alabama

_{Audemus jua nostra defendere
(We Dare Defend Our Rights)}

_{The Heart of Dixie}

Alaska

_{North to the Future}

_{The Great Land}

Arizona

_{Ditat Deus
(God Enriches)}

_{The Grand Canyon State}

Arkansas

_{Regnat Populus
(The People Rule)}

_{The Natural State}

California

_{Eureka
(I have found it)}

_{The Golden State}

Colorado

_{Nil Sine Numine
Nothing Without Providence}

_{The Mile-High State
The Centennial State}

Connecticut

_{Qui Transtulit Sustinet
(He Who Transplanted still sustains)}

_{The Constitution State}

Delaware

_{Liberty and Independence}

_{The First State}

Florida

_{In God We Trust}

_{The Sunshine State}

Georgia

_{Wisdom, justice, and moderation}

_{The Peach State}

Hawaii

_{Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono
(The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness)}

_{The Aloha State}

Idaho

_{Esto Perpetua
(It is Perpetual)}

_{The Gem State}

Illinois

_{State sovereignty, national union}

_{The Prairie State}

Iowa

_{Our liberties we prize and
our rights we will maintain}

_{The Hawkeye State}

Indiana

_{The Crossroads of America}

_{The Hoosier State}

Kansas

_{Ad Astra per Aspera
(To the Stars Through Difficulties)}

_{The Sunflower State}

Kentucky

_{United we stand, divided we shall fall}

_{The Bluegrass State}

Louisiana

_{Union, justice and confidence}

_{The Pelican State}

Maine

_{Dirigo (I Direct)}

_{The Pine Tree State}

Maryland

_{Fatti Maschii Parole Femine
(Strong Deeds, Gentle Words)}

_{The Old Line State}

Massachusetts

_{Ense Petit Placidam Sub Libertate Quietem
(By the sword we seek peace,
but peace only under liberty)}

_{The Bay State}

Michigan

_{Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumsice
(If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you)}

_{The Wolverine State}

Minnesota

_{L'Etoile du Nord
(The Star of the North)}

_{The Land of 10,000 Lakes}

Mississippi

_{Virtute et Armis
(By Valor and Arms)}

_{The South's Warmest Welcome}

Missouri

_{Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto
(The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law)}

_{The Show Me State}

Montana

_{Gold and Silver}

_{Big Sky Country}

Nebraska

_{Equality before the law}

_{Cornhusker State}

Nevada

_{All for our country}

_{The Silver State}

New Hampshire

_{Live free or die}

_{The Granite State}

New Jersey

_{Liberty and Prosperity}

_{The Garden State}

New Mexico

_{Crescit Eundo (It Grows as It Goes)}

_{Land of Enchantment}

New York

_{Exelsior
(Ever Upward)}

_{The Empire State}

North Carolina

_{Esse Quam Videri
(To Be Rather than to Seem)}

_{The Tar Heel State}

North Dakota

_{Liberty and union, now and forever,
one and inseparable}

_{Peace Garden State}

Ohio

_{With God, all things are possible}

_{The Buckeye State}

Oklahoma

_{Labor Omnia Vincit
(Labor Conquers All Things)}

_{The Sooner State}

Oregon

_{Alis Volat Propriis
(She Flies with Her Own Wings)}

_{The Beaver State}

Pennsylvania

_{Virtue, liberty and independence}

_{The Keystone State}

Rhode Island

_Hope

_{The Ocean State}

South Carolina

_{Animis Opibusque Parati
(Prepared in Mind and Resources)}

_{The Palmetto State}

South Dakota

_{Under God, the people rule}

_{The Mount Rushmore State}

Tennessee

_{Agriculture and commerce}

_{The Volunteer State}

Texas

_Friendship

_{The Lone Star State}

Utah

_Industry

_{The Beehive State}

Vermont

_{Freedom and unity}

_{The Green Mountain State}

Virginia

_{Sic Semper Tyrannis (Thus Always to Tyrants)}

_{The Old Dominion}

Washington

_{Al-ki (By and By)}

_{The Evergreen State}

West Virginia

_{Montani Semper Liberi
(Mountaineers are Always Free)}

_{The Mountain State}

Wisconsin

_Forward

_{The Badger State}

Wyoming

_{Equal Rights}

_{The Cowboy State}