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Montana State Names

Montana Nicknames and Resident's Name

Rocky MountainsState Name and Nicknames: State Map Outline

  • Treasure State

  • Big Sky Country

  • Bonanza State

  • Land of Shining Mountains

  • The Last Best Place

 

Treasure State

Mineral wealth in the state.

 

Bonanza State

Mineral wealth.

 

Origin of Montana State Name

Chosen from Latin dictionary by J. M. Ashley. It is a Latinized Spanish word meaning "mountainous.”

 

Created out of the Idaho Territory in 1864, the name Montana is a derivation of the Latin word "montaanus" which means mountainous.

Montana Postal Code

MT

Montana Resident's Name

Montanan

 

 
 
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