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Minnesota Facts
Origin of Name: From a Dakota Indian word meaning "sky-tinted water"
Nickname: North Star State; Gopher State; Land of 10,000 Lakes
Motto: L'Étoile du Nord (The North Star)
State Symbols:
flower - lady slipper (1902)
tree - red (or Norway) pine (1953)
bird - common loon (also called great northern diver) (1961)
song - "Hail Minnesota" (1945)
fish - walleye (1965)
mushroom - morel (1984)


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