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Nevada State Symbols Online

Nevada Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

Nevada State Symbols Online is a state resource directory containing descriptions and pictures of the state symbols, emblems, and mascots of the state, which can be quickly accessed. This resource guide represents many of Nevada state facts such as Nevada state symbols, the state flower, the state gemstone, the state insect, the state tree, the state bird, the state animal, the state flag that flies over Nevada, and the capital, as well as many more symbols, emblems, and mascots. These types of state directories are designed to help children learn, and are often used by children in the public and private education system as well as home schooled children.

Nevada State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol Name - Scientific Date Adopted
Animal Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) 1973
Artifact Tule Duck Decoy 1995
Bird Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) 1967
Christmas Tree Christmas Tree Approved for Decoration: Dec 15, 1937
Colors Silver and Blue 1983
Fish Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Salmo clarki henshawi) 1981
Flag State Flag 1929
Flower Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata or trifida) Mar 20, 1917
Fossil Ichthyosaur (genus Shonisaurus) 1977
Gemstone Virgin Valley Black Fire Opal May 27, 1987
Grass Indian Rye Grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides) 1977
March "Silver State Fanfare" May 29, 2001
Metal Silver (Ag) 1977
Motto "All for Our Country" 1866
Nicknamess "Battle Born State, etc" Mar 26, 1937
Reptile Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) 1989
Rock Sandstone 1987
Seal Great Seal Feb 24, 1886
Semi-precious Gemstone Nevada Turquoise May 27, 1987.
Slogan "Battle Born" Mar 26, 1937
Soil Orovada Series Soil 2001
Song "Home Means Nevada"o 1933
Tartan State Tartan Mar 14, 2001
Tree Single-leaf Pinon (Pinus monophylla) 1953
Tree Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva)

1987

State Symbols
State Map: Symbols
State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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