Quaker State

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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

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