单词 | centennial state |
释义 | > as lemmasCentennial State Centennial State n. (also with lower-case initials) chiefly U.S. (a nickname for) the state of Colorado.Colorado was admitted to the Union in 1876, the year marking the hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. ΚΠ 1875 Daily Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 5 Mar. Inasmuch as..Colorado can hardly fall to make her calling and election sure as a state before..the expiration of 1876, we suggest that her title, when admitted into the union, be the ‘Centennial state’. 1933 Mississippi Hist. Rev. 20 289 It is the best short history of the centennial state. 2007 E. H. Berwanger (title) The rise of the Centennial State. < as lemmas |
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