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Arizona Facts
Origin of Name: Uncertain. Perhaps from the O'odham Indian word for "little spring"
Nickname: Grand Canyon State
Motto: Ditat Deus (God enriches)
State Symbols:
flower - flower of saguaro cactus (1931)
bird - cactus wren (1931)
colors - blue and old gold (1915)
song - "Arizona" (1919)
tree - palo verde (1954)
neckwear - bola tie (1971)
fossil - petrified wood (1988)
gemstone - turquoise (1974)
mammal - ringtail (1986)
reptile - Arizona ridgenose rattlesnake (1986)
fish - Arizona trout (1986)
amphibian - Arizona tree frog (1986)
butterfly - two-tailed swallowtail (2001)
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