[...]111:Idaho is known as the Gem State. This is not because it has diamonds but because it believes it is the jewel of the western Rocky Mountains.2:Illinois is the Land of Lincoln.3:It is named for Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president who led the nation through the Civil War in the eighteen sixties.4:The Midwestern state of Indiana is called the Hoosier State, but nobody is quite sure why.

[...]111:爱达荷州被称为“宝石州”。这并非是因为该州盛产钻石，而是因为该州认为自己是落基山西部山脉上的一颗明珠。2:伊利诺伊州被称为“林肯之地”。3:他取名自亚伯拉罕·林肯，这位美国第16任总统曾于19世纪60年代美国南北战争期间领导该州。4:美国中西部的印第安纳州被成为“胡希尔州”，但无人确切知道其由来。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：美国各州别名 2

[...]111:Idaho is known as the Gem State. This is not because it has diamonds but because it believes it is the jewel of the western Rocky Mountains.2:Illinois is the Land of Lincoln.3:It is named for Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president who led the nation through the Civil War in the eighteen sixties.4:The Midwestern state of Indiana is called the Hoosier State, but nobody is quite sure why.

[...]111:爱达荷州被称为“宝石州”。这并非是因为该州盛产钻石，而是因为该州认为自己是落基山西部山脉上的一颗明珠。2:伊利诺伊州被称为“林肯之地”。3:他取名自亚伯拉罕·林肯，这位美国第16任总统曾于19世纪60年代美国南北战争期间领导该州。4:美国中西部的印第安纳州被成为“胡希尔州”，但无人确切知道其由来。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：美国各州别名 2