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  2. List of Maryland state symbols - Wikipedia

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    The Old Line State might have originated as a nickname given by George Washington during the Revolutionary War to the Maryland line of troops. Traditional — [4] The Free State The Free State originated from an editorial in the Baltimore Sun in 1923 on how Maryland should be free by seceding from the Union rather than prohibiting alcohol. Seal

  3. List of U.S. state and territory nicknames - Wikipedia

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    Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.

  4. History of Maryland - Wikipedia

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    General George Washington was impressed with the Maryland regulars (the "Maryland Line") who fought in the Continental Army and, according to one tradition, this led him to bestow the name "Old Line State" on Maryland. [19] Today, the Old Line State is one of Maryland's two official nicknames. [34]

  5. The Official Nicknames for Residents of Every State - AOL

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    The U.S. Government Publishing Office recognizes the following demonyms as the official nicknames for residents of each U.S. state (even though sometimes, those residents would rather use an ...

  6. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United ...

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    List of state and territory name etymologies of the United States. The fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands have taken their names from a wide variety of languages. The names of 24 states derive from indigenous languages of the Americas and one from Hawaiian.

  7. How Every State Got Its Nickname - AOL

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    Iowa is known as "The Hawkeye State," a nickname inspired by the character Hawkeye from James Fenimore Cooper's novel "The Last of the Mohicans." The name was suggested in the 1830s by settlers ...

  8. Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Maryland ( US: / ˈmɛrɪlənd / ⓘ MERR-il-ənd) [ b] is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. [ 8][ 9] The state borders Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to its east, and the national capital of Washington, D.C. to the southwest.

  9. Portal:Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Maryland's capital is Annapolis, and the most populous city is Baltimore. Occasional nicknames include Old Line State, the Free State, and the Chesapeake Bay State. It is named after Henrietta Maria, the French-born queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland during the 17th century. Maryland's coastline was first explored by Europeans in the 16th ...