Rhode Island

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Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area, located in New England on the Atlantic coast and known for its colonial history and maritime heritage.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. state
administrative territorial entity
state of the United States
admittedToUnionOn 1790-05-29
borders Atlantic Ocean
Block Island Sound
Connecticut
Massachusetts
country United States of America
declaredIndependenceFrom Great Britain
declaredIndependenceOn 1776-05-04
hasCapital Providence
hasCoastlineFeature Narragansett Bay
hasDemonym Rhode Island
surface form: "Rhode Islander"
hasFormerOfficialName Rhode Island
surface form: "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations"
hasGovernmentType U.S. state government
hasHighestPoint Jerimoth Hill
hasHistoricSignificance center of colonial maritime trade
site of early American industrialization
hasISOCode US-RI
hasJudicialBody Rhode Island Supreme Court
hasLargestIsland Aquidneck Island
hasLargestMetroArea Providence
surface form: "Providence metropolitan area"
hasLegislativeBody Rhode Island General Assembly
surface form: "Rhode Island House of Representatives"

Rhode Island General Assembly
surface form: "Rhode Island Senate"
hasLegislature Rhode Island General Assembly
hasMajorCity Cranston
Newport, Rhode Island
surface form: "Newport"

Pawtucket
Warwick
hasNickname Rhode Island
surface form: "The Ocean State"
hasOfficialLanguageStatus English (de facto)
hasOfficialName Rhode Island
surface form: "State of Rhode Island"
hasPostalAbbreviation RI
hasStateBird Rhode Island Red
hasStateFlower Violet
hasStateMotto Hope
hasStateSong Rhode Island, It’s for Me
hasStateTree Red maple
hasTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
isKnownFor colonial history
maritime heritage
isSmallestU.S.StateBy area
largestCity Providence
locatedIn New England
Northeastern United States
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
orderOfAdmission 13
ratifiedU.S.ConstitutionOn 1790-05-29
wasOneOf Thirteen Colonies

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Narragansett people U.S. state Rhode Island
Minutemen activeIn Rhode Island
Aquidneck Island alsoKnownAs Rhode Island
RI appliesTo Rhode Island
Connecticut borderedBy Rhode Island
Long Island Sound borderedBy Rhode Island
this entity surface form: "Rhode Island territorial waters"
eastern Massachusetts borders Rhode Island
subject surface form: "Eastern Massachusetts"
Massachusetts borders Rhode Island
subject surface form: "Massachusetts"
Northeastern Connecticut borders Rhode Island
subject surface form: "Boston Celtics Radio Network"
Providence capitalOf Rhode Island
Henry Wheaton employer Rhode Island
this entity surface form: "State of Rhode Island"
Anne Hutchinson exiledTo Rhode Island
U.S. Open foundingState Rhode Island
subject surface form: "U.S. Open (golf)"
NECHE geographicCoverage Rhode Island
Province I geographicalScope Rhode Island
Rhode Island hasDemonym Rhode Island
this entity surface form: "Rhode Islander"
Rhode Island hasFormerOfficialName Rhode Island
this entity surface form: "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations"
Rhode Island hasNickname Rhode Island
this entity surface form: "The Ocean State"
Rhode Island hasOfficialName Rhode Island
this entity surface form: "State of Rhode Island"
New England hasPart Rhode Island
Northeastern United States hasState Rhode Island
Red Sox Nation hasSubcommunityIn Rhode Island
New England life hasSubregion Rhode Island
subject surface form: "Brown Bears men's basketball"
Providence Steamrollers homeState Rhode Island
Union includedState Rhode Island
Eastern United States includesState Rhode Island
Northeast megalopolis includesState Rhode Island
Providence isCulturalCenterOf Rhode Island
Providence isEconomicCenterOf Rhode Island
Jerimoth Hill isHighestPointOf Rhode Island
Providence isMostPopulousCityOf Rhode Island
Hope isMottoOf Rhode Island
this entity surface form: "State of Rhode Island"
this entity surface form: "State of Rhode Island"
this entity surface form: "state of Rhode Island"
Aquidneck Island locatedIn Rhode Island
Dunkin' Donuts Center locatedIn Rhode Island
Jerimoth Hill locatedIn Rhode Island
King Philip's War locatedIn Rhode Island
subject surface form: "Newport Art Association building"
Providence locatedIn Rhode Island
Quahog, Rhode Island locatedIn Rhode Island
St. George's School locatedIn Rhode Island
Wampanoag homelands locatedIn Rhode Island
this entity surface form: "State of Rhode Island"
this entity surface form: "Rhode Island (fictionalized)"
Nature Lab locatedInState Rhode Island
Minuteman companies location Rhode Island
Narragansett nativeTo Rhode Island
Rhode Island State House ownedBy Rhode Island
this entity surface form: "State of Rhode Island"
Dunkin' Donuts Center owner Rhode Island
this entity surface form: "State of Rhode Island"
Northeast Corridor passesThrough Rhode Island
U.S. Route 1 passesThrough Rhode Island
U.S. Route 6 passesThrough Rhode Island
Interstate 95 passesThroughState Rhode Island
Dan Mazzulla placeOfActivity Rhode Island
Ethel du Pont placeOfDeath Rhode Island
Julia Ward Howe placeOfDeath Rhode Island
Rhode Island Red placeOfOrigin Rhode Island
this entity surface form: "State of Rhode Island"
Narragansett people primaryRegion Rhode Island
Narragansett people recognizedBy Rhode Island
this entity surface form: "State of Rhode Island"
Wampanoag language region Rhode Island
Esek Hopkins regionOfActivity Rhode Island
John Edward Fogarty represented Rhode Island
RI represents Rhode Island
US-RI represents Rhode Island
Bonnie Swanson residence Rhode Island
Brian Griffin residence Rhode Island
Dan Mazzulla residence Rhode Island
Ethel du Pont residence Rhode Island
George Berkeley residence Rhode Island
Joe Swanson residence Rhode Island
John Edward Fogarty residence Rhode Island
Mary Hopkins residence Rhode Island
Mort Goldman residence Rhode Island
Patrick J. Kennedy residence Rhode Island
Griffin residesIn Rhode Island
subject surface form: "Griffin family"
MBTA Commuter Rail network serves Rhode Island
NESN servesRegion Rhode Island
Cox Internet serviceArea Rhode Island
The Conjuring setIn Rhode Island
Mayor Adam West setting Rhode Island
Laotian American settlementState Rhode Island
RI shortFor Rhode Island
this entity surface form: "State of Rhode Island"
New England English spokenIn Rhode Island
Aquidneck Island state Rhode Island
subject surface form: "Brown Bears women's basketball"
Brown Bears women’s soccer state Rhode Island
subject surface form: "Brown Bears women's soccer"
Brown University state Rhode Island
Chateau-sur-Mer state Rhode Island
subject surface form: "John Hay Library"
subject surface form: "Johnston, Rhode Island"
subject surface form: "Kingston, Rhode Island"
subject surface form: "Newport Art Association building"
Newport, Rhode Island state Rhode Island
Nipmuc state Rhode Island
Ochre Court state Rhode Island
Providence Bruins state Rhode Island
Rhode Island School of Design state Rhode Island
Rhode Island, It’s for Me state Rhode Island
The Breakers state Rhode Island
Warwick state Rhode Island
subject surface form: "Warwick, Rhode Island"
Joe Mazzulla stateOfBirth Rhode Island
US-RI subdivisionName Rhode Island
this entity surface form: "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations"
this entity surface form: "State of Rhode Island"
Wampanoag people traditionalRegion Rhode Island
Nipmuc traditionalTerritory Rhode Island
John Edward Fogarty workLocation Rhode Island

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