What state has the most letters in its name?

Answer: Rhode Island – more precisely the “State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations”, which is the longest official name of any state in the United States – and for what happens to be the smallest state (by area).
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What state has the most number of letters in its name?

While some state names are far too short to be a threat (“You have to feel bad for places like Ohio – just four letters and they had to use one letter twice,” Burke said), Massachusetts shouldn't grow too complacent with its new status as the state with the longest name.
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What 4 US states only have 4 letters?

4 Letter States
  • Iowa.
  • Ohio.
  • Utah.
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What is the only letter that's not in the 50 states?

Well, my trivia-savvy friends, the answer is...Q. That's right—50 different names, and not one of them contains the letter Q. Every other letter of our alphabet shows up at least once (well, unless you count these 6 letters that dropped out of our alphabet.)
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What is the longest US state name beginning with A?

Alaska. Covering an area of over 0.66 million square miles, Alaska is by far the largest state in the country. To put the state's size in perspective, the second-largest state Texas is less than half the size of Alaska.
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How Did Each U.S. State Get Its Name?



What state is Z in?

If you guessed J or Z, though, you were close—and probably don't live in New Jersey or Arizona, since those are the only states that contain J and Z, respectively.
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What city name is in all 50 states?

According to a common factoid, there's a community called Springfield in all 50 states, but the U.S. Board on Geographic Names says that's not true: only 34 states have a Springfield. The real champ is Riverside. Unless you live in Alaska, Hawaii, Louisiana, or Oklahoma, there's at least one Riverside in your state.
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Is Q in a state name?

As pointed out by Meghan Jones of Reader's Digest, the only letter that is not in any U.S. state name is the letter “Q”. “That's right”, says Jones.” 50 different names, and not one of them contains the letter Q.
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What states start with K?

K
  • Kansas.
  • Kentucky.
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What are the 6 letters dropped from the alphabet?

The six that most recently got axed are:
  • Eth (ð) The y in ye actually comes from the letter eth, which slowly merged with y over time. ...
  • Thorn (þ) Thorn is in many ways the counterpart to eth. ...
  • Wynn (ƿ) Wynn was incorporated into our alphabet to represent today's w sound. ...
  • Yogh (ȝ) ...
  • Ash (æ) ...
  • Ethel (œ)
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What is a 6 letter state?

Of the 50 U.S. states, five have exactly 6 letters in their names: Alaska. Hawaii. Kansas. Nevada.
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What is the longest name in the United States?

Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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What letter is not in any state name?

Letter Q is the only letter not used in the US state names. The answer is "Q".
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Does state contain N?

Of the 50 states, only eight of them have names beginning with the letter “N.” These states are Nevada, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (the state), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
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What letter is not in any country name?

The two letters of the alphabet that do not begin the name of a country are X and W.
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How many US states contain the letter S?

Just like our last American states quiz, this is another one with 21 answers, the 21 states in America which contain the letter 'S'.
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What is the weirdest city name?

The 35 Weirdest City Names In The U.S.
  1. Popejoy, Iowa.
  2. Hooker, Oklahoma. ...
  3. China, Texas. ...
  4. Rainbow City, Alabama. ...
  5. Blue Grass, Iowa. ...
  6. Pink, Oklahoma. ...
  7. Colon, Michigan. ...
  8. Cool, Texas. ...
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What is the shortest state name?

Which three states have the shortest names? (Ohio, Iowa and Utah) If you could visit Disneyland in California or Disneyworld in Florida, which one would you choose? Why?
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