The national flag of the USA consists of consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white (They represent the thirteen British colonies that became the first states in the Union) and a blue rectangle in the upper left quarter (=the canton) bearing 50 white stars that represent the fifty states.
(Source : Wikipedia)
Here is the list of the American States
State | Nickname | Abbreviation |
Alabama | Yellowhammer State | AL |
Alaska | The last frontier | AK |
Arizona | The Grand Canyon State | AZ |
Arkansas | The Natural State | AR |
California | The Golden State | CA |
Colorado | The Centennial State | CO |
Connecticut | The Constitution State | CT |
Delaware | The First State | DE |
Florida | The Sunshine State | FL |
Georgia | The Peach State | GA |
Hawai | The Aloha State | HI |
Idaho | The Gem State | ID |
Illinois | The land of Lincoln State | IL |
Indiana | The Hoosier State | IN |
Iowa | The Hawkeye State | IA |
Kansas | The Sunflower State | KS |
Kentucky | The Bluegrass State | KY |
Louisiana | The Pelican State | LA |
Maine | The Pine Tree State | ME |
Maryland | The Old Line State | MD |
Massachusetts | The Bay State | MA |
Michigan | The Great Lakes State | MI |
Minnesota | The North Star State | MN |
Mississippi | The Magnolia State | MS |
Missouri | The Show Me State | MO |
Montana | The Treasure State | MT |
Nebraska | The Cornhusker State | NE |
Nevada | The Silver State | NV |
New Hampshire | The Granite State | NH |
New Jersey | The Garden State | NJ |
New Mexico | The Land of Enchantment | MN |
New York | The Empire State | NY |
North Carolina | The Tar Heel State | NC |
North Dakota | The Peace Garden State | ND |
Ohio | The Buckeye State | OH |
Oklahoma | The Sooner State | OK |
Oregon | The Beaver State | OR |
Pennsylvania | The Keystone State | PA |
Rhode Island | The Ocean State | RI |
South Carolina | The Palmetto State | SC |
South Dakota | Mount Rushmore State | SD |
Tennessee | The Volunteer State | TN |
Texas | The Lone Star State | TX |
Utah | The Beehive State | UT |
Vermont | The Green Mountain State | VT |
Virginia | The Old Dominion State | VA |
Washington | The Evergreen State | WA |
West Virginia | The Mountain State | WV |
Wisconsin | The Badger State | WI |
Wyoming | The Equality or Cowboy State | WY |
Did you know that …
- Rhode Island is the smallest state
- The most populated state is California
- The city with the highest annual average temperature is Marathon, in Florida
- Hawai is the rainiest state
- The tallest trees in the world are the redwood trees in California
- The Missouri river is the longest with a total length of 3,768 km / 2,341 mi
- Delaware, nicknamed the first state, is also the oldest state