Centennial State

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The Centennial State is the popular nickname for Colorado, referencing its admission to the United States in 1876, the nation’s centennial year.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Centennial State canonical 1
The Centennial State 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state nickname ⓘ
admissionToUnionOfReferent 38th state ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Centennial State ⓘ
linked to: Centennial State
appliesToAdministrativeDivision U.S. state ⓘ
appliesToRegion Mountain States ⓘ
Western United States ⓘ
associatedEvent United States centennial ⓘ
associatedYear 1876 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
language English ⓘ
reasonForNickname 1876 was the centennial year of the United States ⓘ
Colorado was admitted to the Union in 1876 ⓘ
referentAbbreviation CO ⓘ
referentAdmissionContext post–Civil War Reconstruction era ⓘ
referentBorderingCountry Mexico (indirectly via Four Corners region with New Mexico) ⓘ
None directly (land borders only U.S. states) ⓘ
referentBorderingState Arizona ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
referentCapitalCity Denver ⓘ
linked to: Denver, Colorado
referentCountrySubdivisionOf United States of America ⓘ
referentDemonym Coloradan ⓘ
referentExecutiveOffice Governor of Colorado ⓘ
referentGovernmentType U.S. state government ⓘ
referentHighestPoint Mount Elbert ⓘ
referentHighestPointElevation 14440 feet ⓘ
4401 meters ⓘ
referentJudicialBody Colorado Supreme Court ⓘ
referentLargestCity Denver ⓘ
linked to: Denver, Colorado
referentLegislature Colorado General Assembly ⓘ
referentRegion High Plains region ⓘ
Rocky Mountains region ⓘ
referentTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
referentUnionAdmissionDate August 1, 1876 ⓘ
refersTo Colorado ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colorado → hasNickname → Centennial State ⓘ
Centennial State → alsoKnownAs → The Centennial State ⓘ
linked to: Centennial State