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Connecticut Facts
Origin of Name: From an Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning "beside the long tidal river"
Nickname: Constitution State (official, 1959); Nutmeg State
Motto: Qui transtulit sustinet (He who transplanted still sustains)
State Symbols:
flower - mountain laurel (1907)
tree - white oak (1947)
animal - sperm whale (1975)
bird - American robin (1943)
hero - Nathan Hale (1985)
heroine - Prudence Crandall (1995)
insect - praying mantis (1977)
mineral - garnet (1977)
song - "Yankee Doodle" (1978)
ship - USS Nautilus (1983)
shellfish - eastern oyster (1989)
fossil - Eubrontes Giganteus (1991)
composer - Charles Edward Ives (1991)
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