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 American Samoa | - Motu o Fiafiaga (a Samoan phrase; in English, it is "Islands of Paradise")[9] (used on American Samoa license plates)[10]
- Football Island[s][11]
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| - Apache State
- Aztec State
- Baby State (because Arizona is the newest contiguous state in the Union)
- Copper State
- Grand Canyon State (used on license plates)[12] [13]
- Italy of America
- Sand Hill State
- Sunset State
- Sweetheart State (see below)
- Valentine State (Arizona gained statehood on February 14, 1912)
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| - Chemical Capital of the World (due to one time being the corporate headquarters for several international chemical companies.)
- Corporate Capital (due to the state's business-friendly incorporation laws)
- Diamond State (Thomas Jefferson is supposed to have referred to Delaware as being like a diamond - small in size but great in value)[29]
- Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken State[30]
- The First State[31] (Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution; used on license plates)
- Peach State[32] (no longer used; see Georgia)
- Small Wonder
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| - Nation's Capital[33]
- DMV (nickname for the broader metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia)
- Inside the Beltway[34]
- Chocolate City[35]
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- Cracker State — Along with Florida, Georgia had been called "The Cracker State" in earlier times, perhaps a derogatory term that referred to immigrants, called "crackers", from the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina.[40] See also Atlanta Crackers: Origin of the name
- Empire State of the South — Georgia is the largest Southern state in land area east of the Mississippi and was the leading industrial state of the Old South.[41]
- Goober State — Refers to peanuts, the official state crop.[42]
- State of Adventure
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 Guam | - Tano y Chamorro (Land of the Chamorro)[43] (used on Guam license plates)[44] [45]
- Hub of the Pacific
- Gateway to Micronesia
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| - Hoosier State (Used at various times on license plates)[56]
(Hoosier is also the official demonym of a resident of Indiana)
- Crossroads of America (Also used at various times on license plates and used on highway welcome signs)
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| - America's Heartland (previously used on Licence Plates)
- Central State
- Dorothy's Home
- Free State
- Midway USA (previously used on Kansas Licence Plates)
- Sunflower State
- Wheat State (previously used on license plates)
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| - The Great Lakes State (previously used on license plates)
- Water Wonderland and Water-Winter Wonderland (previously used on license plates)
- The Wolverine State[70]
- The Mitten State
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| - Antelope State[75]
- Beef State (previously used on license plates)
- Cornhusker State (previously used on license plates)[76]
- Bug-eating State[77]
- Blackwater State
- The Good Life (as seen on state border signs)
- Tree Planters State (formerly the official state nickname)
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| - Land of Enchantment[81] (used on license plates)
- Land of Sunshine (predates "Land of Enchantment"; this earlier nickname highlighted the large percentage of sunshine received statewide)[82]
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 Northern Mariana Islands | - Håfa Adai (a Chamorro phrase; in English, it is "Hello")[87] (used on Northern Mariana Islands license plates)[88]
- America's Best Kept Secret[89]
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 Puerto Rico | - Isla del Encanto ("Island of Enchantment") (used on license plates)
- Borinquen (name given by indigenous people, the Tainos)[95]
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| - Artesian State
- Blizzard State
- Coyote State[98]
- Land of Infinite Variety
- The Mount Rushmore State[99] (officially adopted in 1980 in place of the former nickname of Coyote State)
- Sunshine State (no longer used; see Florida)
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| - Cowboy State
- Equality State
- Forever West (on highway welcome signs)
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