Презентация на тему штаты США The nicknames of some states of the USA

different ways . Sometimes, a place is named after

the people who live there. Other times, a location in named after the person who discovered it or after a famous person. There are even places that are named after the way they look.

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in different ways

feed its wood-processing industry . Hence its nickname the

“Pine-Tree State”

The state Maine

“Granite State” because of her extensive granite quarries, and

the people there are called “Granite Boys”

The state New Hampshire

ocean coastline, is famous for its green mountains. Vermont

is generally, by simple translation of the original French name, called the “Green Mountain State” and Vermonters- “Green Mountain Boys”

The state Vermont

Dutch, and means ‘the island’. Rhode Island, the nation’s

smallest state, is not an island. “Little Rhody” is the nickname of Rhode Island.

The state Rhode Island

the state are the Allegheny Mountains, West Virginia is

called the “Mountain State”. It’s also known as the ‘Panhandle State’ because the shape of the state is like a pan with a handle on it.

The state West Virginia

along the coast, and is pictured on her coat

of arms; as a result it has given the nickname to South Carolina-the ‘Palmetto State’.

The state South Carolina

1512 due to the fact that the whole region

which he saw was covered with flowers. Florida’s nicknames are: the ‘Alligator State’ , the ‘Everglade State’ , the ‘Land of Flowers’ , the ‘Mocking-Bird State’ , the ‘Orange State’.

The state Florida

of England Elizabeth I (the ‘Virgin Queen’). The names

the ‘Ancient Dominion’ and the ‘Old Dominion’ are still widely applied to Virginia , having originated in colonial days, when Virginia was the oldest British colony in America. Because Virginia is the most northern of the South Atlantic State, located South of the Potomac River, radio broadcasters call it ‘Down Where the South Begins’. Her nickname the ‘Mother of Presidents’ is thanks to the fact that so many of the early presidents of the United States were native Virginians, and because Virginia has produced such a great number of statesmen, she is called the ‘Mother of Statesmen’ .

The state Virginia

of the colony. The term means ‘Penn’s woods’ ,

or ‘Penn’s forest’ . Five nicknames are given to the State of Pennsylvania: the ‘Coal State’ , the ‘Keystone State’ , the ‘oil State’ , the ‘Quaker State’ and the ‘Steel State’ .

The state Pennsylvania