Quaker State

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nickname

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

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Label Occurrences
Quaker State canonical 2

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 ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Keystone State

Oil State ⓘ
language English ⓘ
refersTo Pennsylvania ⓘ
refersToCapitalCityOfState Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Harrisburg
refersToFounderOfColony William Penn ⓘ
refersToGovernmentalUnit Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: 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, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh

Reading ⓘ
Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Scranton
refersToSubregion Central Pennsylvania ⓘ
eastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Pennsylvania

Western Pennsylvania ⓘ
regionTypeReferredTo Mid-Atlantic state ⓘ
Northeastern state ⓘ
shortName Quaker State self-link ⓘ
usedAs state nickname ⓘ
usedBy historians ⓘ
journalists ⓘ
residents of other U.S. states ⓘ
tourism promoters ⓘ
usedInContext cultural ⓘ
historical ⓘ
informal speech ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Pennsylvania → hasNickName → Quaker State ⓘ
Quaker State → shortName → Quaker State self-link ⓘ