Nicknames and mottos - continued

Nickname                                                   Motto

NEW YORK

Empire State

Excelsior (Ever upward)

NORTH CAROLINA

Old North State/Tar Heel

Esse quam videri (To be rather than to seem)/First in flight

NORTH DAKOTA

Peace Garden State/Flickertail State/Roughrider State

Liberty and union, now and forever: one and inseparable

OHIO

Buckeye State/birthplace of aviation

With God all things are possible

OKLAHOMA

The Sooner State

Labor omnia vincit (Labor conquers all things)

Fontes:

http://www.50states.com/bio/nickname5.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0801718.html

http://en.wikipedia.org