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Kansas has probably had more nicknames in its history than any other state. Around the time of the Civil War, it was known as The Battleground of Freedom, but later was known as The Garden of the West, or just The Garden State. However, these last two nicknames were disputed by other states and never really caught on. Another pre-Civil War nickname, based on the old "squatter laws", was The Squatter State. In 1890 it was The Grasshopper State, and other natural calamities gave The Cyclone State and The Dust Bowl State. It has ... been called The Salt of the Earth. The Jayhawker State is a name derived from the slang name for a Kansan from around 1875 (although it was used in a wider sense as a fighting abolitionist before then), and still occasionally used, but shortened to Jayhawk State.
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There are hundreds of nicknames, mottos and slogans for places all over the USA. Go to the alphabetical index by mottos or just pick a community listed alphabetically under state names. Be ready to be entertained by what you find.
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This is the HTML format of the list of nicknames for colleges in the United States of America. (All versions currently available by FTP are unauthorized by the compiler, and probably outdated.) It is listed alphabetically by nickname, and then by the formal name of the school.
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In Viking societies, many people had nicknames heiti, viðrnefni or uppnefi which were used in addition to, or instead of their family names. In some circumstances the giving of a nickname had a special status in Viking society in that it created a relationship between the name maker and the recipient of the nickname, to the extent that the creation of a nickname ... often entailed a formal ceremony and an exchange of gifts.
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