Quaker State

E71279

nickname

Quaker State is a nickname for the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, referencing its historical roots in the Quaker religious community.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nickname →
appliesTo	U.S. state →
associatedReligion	Religious Society of Friends →
country	United States of America →
hasCulturalAssociation	Quaker heritage in Pennsylvania →
hasDemographicAssociation	historic Quaker population in Pennsylvania →
hasEtymology	Quaker religious community →
hasHistoricalConnotation	early Quaker settlement in Pennsylvania → religious tolerance in colonial Pennsylvania →
hasReligiousAssociation	Christian pacifism → Protestant dissenters in England →
isAlternativeTo	Coal State → Keystone State → Oil State →
language	English →
refersTo	Pennsylvania →
refersToCapitalCityOfState	Harrisburg →
refersToFounderOfColony	William Penn →
refersToGovernmentalUnit	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania →
refersToHistoricalRootsOf	Pennsylvania →
refersToLargestCityOfState	Philadelphia →
refersToLargestMetropolitanAreaOfState	Delaware Valley →
refersToOriginalColony	Province of Pennsylvania →
refersToStateAdmittedToUnionNumber	2nd →
refersToStatehoodYear	1787 →
refersToStateInRegion	Appalachia → Great Lakes region →
refersToStateWithMajorCity	Allentown → Bethlehem → Erie → Lancaster → Pittsburgh → Reading → Scranton →
refersToSubregion	Central Pennsylvania → Eastern Pennsylvania → Western Pennsylvania →
regionTypeReferredTo	Mid-Atlantic state → Northeastern state →
shortName	Quaker State →
usedAs	state nickname →
usedBy	historians → journalists → residents of other U.S. states → tourism promoters →
usedInContext	cultural → historical → informal speech →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pennsylvania →	hasNickName
Quaker State →	shortName