Sep 22, 2024
(WNTZ) - The odds say you've more than likely heard of a Californian or Texan, but what about a Flatlander? These are all examples of demonyms: names used for residents of any particular place. Some are pretty straightforward, like "Californian," while others, like "Goober Grabber," may have you scratching your head. That's right, Georgia is well known for being The Peach State, but it has another nickname that dates back to the Civil War, according to Southern Living. Peanuts are also called goobers, and Georgia is famous for its peanut production – according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 2022 it led all others combined. During the Civil War, recruits from Georgia were reportedly dubbed "goober grabbers" for their love of the snack. Girls’ brains aged at an accelerated rate during the pandemic, study finds Read the list below to learn your state's demonym. States: Alabama - Alabamian, Barners Alaska - Alaskan Arizona - Arizonian, Arizonan, Sonorian Arkansas- Arkansan, Arkansawyer, Arkie California - Californian Colorado - Coloradan Connecticut - Connecticuter, Nutmegger Delaware - Delawarean, Blue Hen, Chicken Florida - Floridian Georgia - Georgian, Goober Grabber Hawaii - Kamaʻāina, Hawaiian (Indigenous descent)   Idaho - Idahoan Illinois - Illinoisan, Sandhiller Indiana - Hoosiers, Indianan Iowa - Iowans, Hawkeye Kansas - Kansan, Jayhawkers Kentucky - Kentuckian, Corn Cracker Louisiana - Louisianians  Maine - Mainers, Down Easter, Yankee Maryland - Marylander Massachusetts - Massachusettsans, Bay Stater Michigan - Michiganders, Michiganian Minnesota - Minnesotan, Minne Mississippi - Mississippian, Mississippers Missouri - Missourian, Missouran Montana - Montanans Nebraska - Nebraskan, Cornhusker Nevada - Nevadan New Hampshire - New Hampshirite, Granite Stater New Jersey - New Jerseyite, New Jerseyan New Mexico - New Mexican New York - New Yorkian, Knickerbocker North Carolina - North Carolinian, Tar Heel North Dakota - North Dakotan Ohio - Ohioan - Buckeye  Oklahoma - Oklahoman, Sooner and Okie Oregon - Oregonian (Locals pronounce the final syllable like "gin," with a hard g) Pennsylvania - Pennsylvanians, Penn and Quaker Rhode Island - Rhode Islanders, Swamp Yankee South Carolina - South Carolinian, Sandlapper South Dakota - North Dakotan Tennessee - Tennesseans, Volunteers, Butternuts Texas - Texan, Texians, Tejano Utah - Utahns Vermont - Vermonters, Woodchuck, (Those who move to Vermont from elsewhere are dubbed "Flatlanders.") Virginia - Virginian Washington - Washingtonian West Virginia - Virginian, Mountaineer Wisconsin - Wisconsinites, Cheese Heads, Badgers Wyoming - Wyomingite, Wyomese Territories: Washington D.C. - Washingtonian American Samoa - Samoan Americans Guam - Guamanians Northern Mariana Islands - Mariana Islanders Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican, Boricua U.S. Virgin Islands - Virgin Islanders
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