Gopher State

Go´pher State

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Minnesota; - a nickname alluding to the abundance of gophers.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Gopher State - a midwestern state                   Minnesota, North Star State, MN middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) Voyageurs National Park - a national park in Minnesota having ancient rock outcroppings and evergreen forests U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Bemidji - a town in northern Minnesota Duluth - a city in northeast Minnesota on Lake Superior Hibbing - a town in northeastern Minnesota in the Mesabi Range Mankato - a town in southern Minnesota Minneapolis - largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities Rochester - a town in southeast Minnesota Saint Cloud, St. Cloud - a town in central Minnesota on the Mississippi River; granite quarries capital of Minnesota, St. Paul, Saint Paul - capital of the state of Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river adjacent to Minneapolis; one of the Twin Cities Twin Cities - nickname for Saint Paul and Minneapolis Virginia - a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range Little Sioux River - a river that rises in southwestern Minnesota and flows southwestward to the Missouri River in western Iowa Mesabi Range - a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887