Now, the">the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.
Nebraska is the">the only state to have a nickname that honors sports teams! The state university's athletic teams are nicknamed Cornhuskers">Cornhuskers in recognition of one of the">the area's chief crops. The state borrowed the">theCornhuskernickname from the">the university.
The western desert state of Nevada is calledthe">the Silver State.It was once home to many silver mines and towns that grew up around them">them. Today, most of them">them are empty “ghost towns.”
New Hampshire, in the">the theast">northeast area called New England, isthe">the Granite Statebecause of that colorful rock.
New Jersey is between the">the big cities of New York, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It got its nickname,the">the Garden State,because New Jersey truck farms once provided vegetables to those big cities.
New York, which always thinks big, was calledthe">the Empire Statebecause of its natural wealth. The most famous Manhattan skyscraper got its name from the state. It is, of course, the">the Empire State Building.
If you get a chance to see a red sunset over the">the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico, you will know why that southwestern state is calledthe">the Land of Enchantment.
North and South Carolina were one colony until seventeen twenty-nine. South Carolina's nickname is the">the easier of the">the two: It isthe">the Palmetto Statebecause of a fan-leafed palm tree that grows there">there. North Carolina istheTar Heel State.That is because many of the men who worked to gather substances from trees wore no shoes. They would make turpentine from tar and get the black, sticky tar on the heels of their feet.
Next week, we will finish telling about the colorful nicknames of American states.
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