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美国
50
个州别名
A nickname is a shortened
form of a person's name. A nickname can also be a
descriptive name
for a person, place or
thing.
America's fifty
states have some of the most historically
interesting nicknames.
Alabama is known as the
the
Deep South.
printed notes with the
French word for
Way
up
north,
Alaska
is
called
the
Frontier
for
understandable
reasons.
Near
the
Arctic
Circle, it was the final part of the
nation to be explored and settled.
Arizona
is
Grand
Canyon
State
because
of
the
famous
winding
canyon
carved
by
the
Colorado River. The southern state of
Arkansas is the
chose this nickname.
Arkansas is rich in natural resources and has
become a favorite place for
older
people to retire.
In a
popular Spanish book, a fictional island called
plenty of it was discovered in the real
California, in eighteen forty-eight. This started
a gold rush
unlike any other in
American history in the
You
would think Colorado would be known as the Rocky
Mountain State. But its nickname is the
years after the nation
declared its independence.
Connecticut
is
called
Nutmeg
State
after
a
spice.
Connecticut
Yankees,
as
people
in
this
northeast state are called, are known
to be smart in business. So smart that it was said
they could
sell wooden, meaning false,
nutmegs to strangers.
Little Delaware is called
new United States Constitution. The
Southern state of Florida likes to tell about its
sunny days
and fine beaches. So Florida
is
of the sweetest fruit in America. So
Georgia is
Hawaii, far out
in the Pacific Ocean, is the
both
昵称是一个人名字的缩短形式,还可以是对一个人,地点或事
物进行描述的名字。
美国的五十个州都有历史上最有趣的别名。
阿拉巴马州以美国
“
南部各州的中心
”(Heart of
Dixie)
著名,因为它位于深南部
(Deep South
)
各
州的正中心。
Dixie
本身就是美国南部各州的别名。
当时,
路易斯安
那州印刷了法语词汇
在上面,由此开始,后来逐渐演变为
或者
最终演变称
p>
。
往北上,阿拉斯加被称为
“
最后的边疆
”(The
Last
Frontier)
p>
,原因是可以理解的。它靠近北极
圈,是美国最后一块有待开发和定
居的土地。
亚利桑那的别名是
p>
“
大峡谷之州
”(Grand Cnyon
State)
,
因为这里拥有著名的由科罗拉多河雕刻
成的蜿蜒的峡谷。
位于南部的阿肯色州别名是机会之乡
< br>(Land of Opportunity)
。
该州的
立法机
关选择了这个昵称。阿肯色州自然资源丰富,成为即将退休的老人最青睐的地方。
在一部流行的西班牙书籍中,虚构
的岛屿
遍布黄金。当然,
1848
p>
年,在真正的加
利福尼亚州确实发现了许多黄金。从此开始,
“
金州
”(Golden State
)
加利福尼亚开始了美国历
史上从未有过的淘
金热。
你可能会认为科罗拉多州的
别名是
“
落基山之州
”(Rocky
Mountain State)
。
但是它的别名是
“
百
年之州
”(Cent
ennial
State).
因为
1
876
年,科罗拉多成为州的时候刚好是美国宣布独立一百周
年
。
康乃狄格州被称为
“
豆蔻之州
” (Nutmeg State)
p>
,以香料命名。东北部各州称他们为
“
康乃
狄格
Yankees”
,他们在生意方面的精明广为人知,甚至
可以将木制的有问题的肉豆寇出售给陌生
人。
特拉华州被称为第一州
(First
State)
,
因为它是美国的第一个州
——
第一个通过新的美国宪法。
位于南部的佛罗里达州喜欢讲述它充满阳光的日子和金黄的海滩。所以佛罗里达也叫做<
/p>
“
阳
光之州
”(
Sunshine
State)
。佛罗里达北部邻州种植了美
国最甜的水果,所以乔治亚州叫做
“
桃
树州
”(Peach State)
。
位于太平洋的夏威夷别名是
“
爱洛哈之州
” (Aloha
State)
。在夏威夷本土语言中,这是一个友
好的问候语,带有
“hello”
和
“goodbye”
的双重意思。
阿肯色
(Arkansas):
奇迹州
(Wonder
State)
;机会之乡
(Land of
Opportunity)
阿拉斯加
(Alaska):
午夜出太阳之乡
(Land of Midnight
Sun)
;最后的边疆
(the Last Fron tie
r)
;半
岛州
(Peninsula
State)
爱达荷
(Idaho):
小锄州
(Spud
State)
;锅柄州
(Panhandle
State)
;宝石州
(Gem
State)
;山间宝石
州
(Gem
of the Mountain)
北达科他
(North
Dakota):
摇尾州
(Flickertail
State)
;老殖民地州
(Old
Colony
State)
;苏族州
(Sioux State)
北卡罗来纳
(North
Carolina):
老北州
(the Old North
State)
;焦油脚跟州
(Tar Heel State)
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