Nicknames of American States and Towns.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 20, 19 May 1906, Page 43

Nicknames of American States and Towns.

Yankee humour and high-flown or*tory are responsible for most of th* nicknames by which the States and many of the cities in the United States have come to be known. As these nicknames are frequently encountered by. readers for their enlightenment the accompanying list is given. STATES. Virginia, the Old Dominion. Massachusetts, the Bay State. Maine, the Border State. Rhode Island. Little Rhody. New York, the Empire State. New Hampshire, the Granite State. .Vermont, the Green Mountain State. Connecticut, the Land of Steady Habit* Pennsylvania, the Keystone State. North Carolina, the Old North State. Ohio, the Buckeye State. South Carolina, the Palmetto State. Michigan, the Wolverine State. Kentucky, the Corn-cracker. Delaware, the Blue Hen’s Chicken. Indiana, the Hoosier State. Illinois, the Sucker State. lowa, the Hawk-Eye State. Wisconsin, the Badger State. Florida, the Peninsular State. Texas, the Lone Star State. CITIES. Philadelphia, the Quaker City. Boston, the modern Athens; the Hub. New York, Gotham. Baltimore, the Monumental City. Cincinnati, the Queen City. New Orleans, the Crescent City. Washington, the City of Magnificent Distances. Chicago, the Garden City. Detroit, the City of the Straits. Cleveland, the Forest City. Pittsburg, the Smoky City. New Haven, the City of Elms. Indianapolis, the Railroad City. St. Louis, the Mound City. Keokuk, the Gate City. Louisville, the Fall City. Nashville, the City of Kocks. Hannibal, the Bluff City.