Sunflower State

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The Sunflower State is the popular nickname for Kansas, a U.S. state known for its vast plains and fields of sunflowers.

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Sunflower State canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf state nickname
appliesToAdministrativeDivision U.S. state
appliesToCapitalCity Topeka, Kansas
surface form: Topeka
appliesToLargestCity Wichita, Kansas
surface form: Wichita
appliesToTimeZone Central Time Zone (most of state)
Mountain Time Zone
surface form: Mountain Time Zone (western part)
associatedWithAgriculture grain production
sunflower fields
associatedWithLandscape vast plains
associatedWithPlant sunflower
country United States of America
hasAbbreviationOfState KS
hasBorderingState Colorado
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
hasCharacteristic popular nickname
hasClimateOfReferent continental climate
hasDemonymOfReferent Kansan
hasEtymology named after sunflowers
hasGovernmentFormOfReferent U.S. state government
hasMottoOfReferent Ad astra per aspera
hasRegionTypeOfReferent landlocked state
hasStatehoodDateOfReferent January 29, 1861
hasSymbolRelation state flower of Kansas is the sunflower
language English
refersTo Kansas
region Midwestern United States
usedInContext informal reference to Kansas

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Kansas nickname Sunflower State
Sunflower Showdown namedAfter Sunflower State