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| [[Massachusetts]] || Bay Stater<ref>{{cite web|title=Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 2, Section 35: Designation of citizens of commonwealth|url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-35.htm|publisher=The Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2008-02-29}}: "Bay Staters shall be the official designation of citizens of the commonwealth."</ref> || Massachusite (traditional)<ref>_____, page 435. ''Collections'', [[Massachusetts Historical Society]]. MHS, Boston; 1877. Additional on-line source: [http://books.google.com/books?id=rdbnCkXB2RwC Google Books].</ref><ref>Jones, Thomas, page 465. ''History of New York During the Revolutionary War'', [[New York Historical Society]]. Edward Floyd DeLancey, Ed., New York; 1879. Additional on-line source: [http://books.google.com/books?id=pbuXATAHXMEC Google Books]</ref>, [[Masshole]]
| [[Massachusetts]] || Bay Stater<ref>{{cite web|title=Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 2, Section 35: Designation of citizens of commonwealth|url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-35.htm|publisher=The Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2008-02-29}}: "Bay Staters shall be the official designation of citizens of the commonwealth."</ref> || Massachusite (traditional)<ref>_____, page 435. ''Collections'', [[Massachusetts Historical Society]]. MHS, Boston; 1877. Additional on-line source: [http://books.google.com/books?id=rdbnCkXB2RwC Google Books].</ref><ref>Jones, Thomas, page 465. ''History of New York During the Revolutionary War'', [[New York Historical Society]]. Edward Floyd DeLancey, Ed., New York; 1879. Additional on-line source: [http://books.google.com/books?id=pbuXATAHXMEC Google Books]</ref>, [[Masshole]]
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| [[Michigan]] || Michiganian || [[Michigander]]<ref name=SHG/>, Michiganian, Michiganer, Michiganite, Michiganese, and Michigine<ref>Marckwardt, Albert H., "Wolverine and Michigander", Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review LVIII (1952) 203-208</ref><ref>Sperber, Hans "Words and Phrases in American Politics: Michigander" American Speech Vol 29 No 1 (Feb 1954) 21-27</ref>,Michiganite<ref>http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/mi_intro.htm</ref>, [[Yooper]]
| [[Michigan]] || Michiganian || [[Michigander]]<ref name=SHG/>, Michiganian, Michiganer, Michiganite, Michiganese, and Michigine<ref>Marckwardt, Albert H., "Wolverine and Michigander", Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review LVIII (1952) 203-208</ref><ref>Sperber, Hans "Words and Phrases in American Politics: Michigander" American Speech Vol 29 No 1 (Feb 1954) 21-27</ref>,Michiganite<ref>http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/mi_intro.htm</ref>, [[Yooper]] (for those who live in the [[Upper Peninsula|Upper Peninsula of Michigan]]), Wolverine (formerly [[perjorative]])
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| [[Minnesota]] || Minnesotan ||
| [[Minnesota]] || Minnesotan ||

Revision as of 01:46, 26 February 2010

This is a list of terms used to designate the residents of specific U.S. states.

State Official (recommended by United States Government Printing Office)[1] Alternate, unofficial or informal
Alabama Alabamian Alabaman[2][3]
Alaska Alaskan
Arizona Arizonan Arizonian[2], Sand Cutter[4]
Arkansas Arkansan Arkansawyer (favored particularly by some native residents)[5], Arkie [6]
California Californian
Colorado Coloradan[7][8] Coloradoan (archaic)[7][8], Silverine, Rover, Centennial[9]
Connecticut Connecticuter Nutmegger[2], Connecticotian, Connecticutensian[10]
Delaware Delawarean Blue Hen's Chicken, Muskrat[11]
Florida Floridian Floridan[citation needed], Alligator, Fly-Up-The-Creek, Cracker[12]
Georgia Georgian Buzzard, Cracker, Goober-grabber, Sand-hiller[13]
Hawaii Hawaiian Malihini (newcomer)[2], Kamaʻāina (native-born nonethnic Hawaiian)[2], Hawaii Resident, Islander[14]
Idaho Idahoan
Illinois Illinoisan Illinoisian, Illinoian, Sand-hiller, Egyptian, Sucker[15], Fib
Indiana Indianian Hoosier[16], Indianan[2]
Iowa Iowan Hawkeye
Kansas Kansan Jayhawker, Sunflower, Grasshopper[17]
Kentucky Kentuckian
Louisiana Louisianan
Maine Mainer Down Easter or Downeaster[18], Mainiac[19], Pine Tree, Fox, Lumberjack[11]
Maryland Marylander
Massachusetts Bay Stater[20] Massachusite (traditional)[21][22], Masshole
Michigan Michiganian Michigander[2], Michiganian, Michiganer, Michiganite, Michiganese, and Michigine[23][24],Michiganite[25], Yooper (for those who live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan), Wolverine (formerly perjorative)
Minnesota Minnesotan
Mississippi Mississippian
Missouri Missourian
Montana Montanan
Nebraska Nebraskan
Nevada Nevadan Nevadian[2]
New Hampshire New Hampshirite Granite Boy, New Hampshireman[26]
New Jersey New Jerseyan New Jerseyite[2]
New Mexico New Mexican
New York New Yorker
North Carolina North Carolinian Tar Boiler[27], Tar Heel
North Dakota North Dakotan
Ohio Ohioan Buckeye[28]
Oklahoma Oklahoman Okie[29], Sooner[30]
Oregon Oregonian
Pennsylvania Pennsylvanian Steelmen
Rhode Island Rhode Islander
South Carolina South Carolinian
South Dakota South Dakotan
Tennessee Tennessean Tennessean [31], Volunteer, Big Bender, Butternut[32]
Texas Texan Texian (historical)[33], Tex [34], Tejano (Mexican)
Utah Utahn Utahan[2]
Vermont Vermonter
Virginia Virginian
Washington Washingtonian
West Virginia West Virginian
Wisconsin Wisconsinite Cheesehead[35][36]
Wyoming Wyomingite

See also

References

  1. ^ United States Government Printing Office Style Manual (2000), §5.23, http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2008_style_manual&docid=f:chapter5.pdf
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j SHG Resources, http://www.shgresources.com/resources/symbols/names/residentnames/
  3. ^ William Safire, On Language: Foam Fell on Alabama, New York Times, June 26, 1994. Safire reports that after he used the word "Alabaman" in a column, he received a letter from Vic Gold that said in part, "The natives, I have learned to my sorrow, prefer Alabamian."
  4. ^ http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/az_intro.htm
  5. ^ "Arkansawyer definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta". Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ http://dictionary.infoplease.com/arkie
  7. ^ a b Writers Style Guide, Colorado State University, page 62, accessed January 2, 2009: "The correct name for a person from Colorado is Coloradan (not Coloradoan)."
  8. ^ a b Ed Quillen, Coloradan or Coloradoan?, The Denver Post, March 18, 2007
  9. ^ http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/co_intro.htm
  10. ^ http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ct_intro.htm
  11. ^ a b http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/de_intro.htm
  12. ^ http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/fl_intro.htm
  13. ^ http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ga_intro.htm
  14. ^ http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/hi_intro.htm
  15. ^ http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/il_intro.htm
  16. ^ The term Hoosier is the official state designation for a state resident. The term was once considered derogatory, but is now a point of pride for Hoosiers. See the Indiana Historical Bureau article entitled What is a Hoosier? for the origin of the term.
  17. ^ http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ks_intro.htm
  18. ^ The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2007. New York: World Almanac Books. 2006. ISBN# 978-0-88687-995-2
  19. ^ Mainiac, Time magazine, Monday, Jun. 20, 1938 (term used in reference to Maine author Kenneth Roberts)
  20. ^ "Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 2, Section 35: Designation of citizens of commonwealth". The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2008-02-29.: "Bay Staters shall be the official designation of citizens of the commonwealth."
  21. ^ _____, page 435. Collections, Massachusetts Historical Society. MHS, Boston; 1877. Additional on-line source: Google Books.
  22. ^ Jones, Thomas, page 465. History of New York During the Revolutionary War, New York Historical Society. Edward Floyd DeLancey, Ed., New York; 1879. Additional on-line source: Google Books
  23. ^ Marckwardt, Albert H., "Wolverine and Michigander", Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review LVIII (1952) 203-208
  24. ^ Sperber, Hans "Words and Phrases in American Politics: Michigander" American Speech Vol 29 No 1 (Feb 1954) 21-27
  25. ^ http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/mi_intro.htm
  26. ^ http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/nh_intro.htm
  27. ^ Powell, William S. (1982). "What's in a Name?: Why We're All Called Tar Heels". Tar Heel. Tar Heel Magazine, Inc. OCLC 005457348. Retrieved 2009-07-17. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  28. ^ http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/oh_intro.htm
  29. ^ Stewart, Roy P. "Postal Card Proves Sooners Were 'Okies' Way Back In 1907", The Daily Oklahoman, Friday, December 20, 1968, pg. 9, col. 2. "Now comes Mrs. Agness Hooks of Thomas with a postal card mailed at Newcastle, Ind. in 1907, address to a Miss Agness Kirkbridge, with the salutation: "Hello Okie — Will see you next Monday night." Signed: Myrtle M. Pence. Mrs. Hooks says Agness Kirkbridge was an aunt of hers. The Kirkbridge family came to Oklahoma Territory in 1904 and settled south of Custer City.
  30. ^ http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ok_intro.htm
  31. ^ http://www.shgresources.com/resources/symbols/names/residentnames/>
  32. ^ http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/tn_intro.htm
  33. ^ *de la Teja, Jesus F. (1997), "The Colonization and Independence of Texas: A Tejano Perspective", in Rodriguez O., Jaime E.; Vincent, Kathryn (eds.), Myths, Misdeeds, and Misunderstandings: The Roots of Conflict in U.S.–Mexican Relations, Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc., p. 79, ISBN 0842026622
  34. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex
  35. ^ Kapler, Joseph, Jr. (Spring 2002), On Wisconsin Icons: When You Say 'Wisconsin', What Do You Say?" (PDF), Wisconsin Historical Society, pp. 18–31, retrieved 2009-04-29.{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  36. ^ Foamation: About Us, Foamation, retrieved 2009-04-29.


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