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Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States

 

 

New Mexico Symbols

 

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New Mexico Symbols

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New Mexico State Slogan, Business, Commerce, and Industry

"Everybody is somebody in New Mexico."

 

Adopted on April 3, 1975.

 

The State Slogan was adopted on April 3, 1975.

State Slogan: Legislation of 1975
"Everybody is somebody in New Mexico"

The official state slogan for business, commerce and industry in New Mexico was adopted by the New Mexico Legislature on April 3, 1975.

 

 

 

 

 

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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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