Excelsior

E3555

motto state motto

Excelsior is the Latin state motto of New York, meaning "ever upward" and symbolizing aspiration and continual progress.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Excelsior canonical	6
Excelsior! Ever Upward	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	motto ⓘ state motto ⓘ
appliesTo	U.S. state ⓘ
associatedWith	New York State Seal ⓘ surface form: New York State Coat of Arms New York State Seal ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasConcept	ambition ⓘ improvement ⓘ progress ⓘ upward movement ⓘ
hasTheme	striving for higher goals ⓘ
hasTranslation	ever upward ⓘ
isStateMottoOf	New York ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
meaning	ever upward ⓘ
mottoOf	New York ⓘ
script	Latin alphabet ⓘ
shortFormOf	Excelsior self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Excelsior! Ever Upward
symbolizes	aspiration ⓘ continual progress ⓘ
usedBy	New York ⓘ surface form: State of New York
usedIn	New York government documents ⓘ New York license plates ⓘ New York state branding ⓘ official New York state emblems ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York → motto → Excelsior ⓘ

Excelsior → shortFormOf → Excelsior self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Excelsior! Ever Upward

Empire State → hasMotto → Excelsior ⓘ

New York State Seal → motto → Excelsior ⓘ

U.S. state of New York → hasMotto → Excelsior ⓘ

subject surface form: New York

Ballads and Other Poems → containsPoem → Excelsior ⓘ

Voices of the Night → hasPart → Excelsior ⓘ