Ever since I moved to Maryland, I was wondering about Maryland's nickname. For past few months I have been driving in the state, but I haven't come across any car license plates with the nicknames on them. My own license (Maryland’s) plate doesn't have the nickname written on it. I finally googled about the very same matter and found out that Maryland's nickname is 'Chesapeake State'
It turned out that many states have more than one nickname and also many of the states don't have an official nickname. Following are some states nicknames are used on automobile license plates.
Maryaland - 'Chesapeake State'
New Jersey - 'Garden State'
Georgia - 'The Peach State'
Illinois - 'Land of Lincoln', and also known as 'The Prairie State'
New Hampshire - 'Live Free or Die'
Massachusetts - 'The Spirit of America or The Codfish State'
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2 comments:
Good Research Praveen!
Praveen,
Live Free Or Die is our state motto!(people above 18 are not required to wear seat belt in NH, I think this what it is referring to :-))
Our state is called 'Granite State' and Mass. as 'Bay State'.
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