L'Étoile du Nord
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- L'étoile du nord (note capitalization) is also an opera. It is also the title of a short story by the French writer Georges Simenon and a theatre in Tunis.
L'Étoile du Nord is a French phrase meaning "The Star of the North". It is the motto of the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1] It was chosen by the state's first governor, Henry Hastings Sibley, and was adopted in 1861, three years after admission of Minnesota to the union.[2] Because of this motto, one of Minnesota's nicknames is The North Star State. The Minnesota North Stars chose the English translation for their name.
[edit] References
- ^ "2006 Minnesota Statute § 1.135, subd. 3(f)(1)". State of Minnesota Revisor of Statutes. http://ros.leg.mn/bin/getpub.php?pubtype=STAT_CHAP_SEC&year=current§ion=1.135&image.x=34&image.y=9. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
- ^ "Minnesota State Symbols: State Motto". http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/Symbols.asp#motto. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
