Oklahoma

The Sooner State
location map (Oklahoma)
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American Sign Language
The names of all fifty states can be indicated by simply signing the two letters that make up their postal code, like this. Here’s another way to sign Oklahoma.Postal Code: OK
Origin of Name: The word Oklahoma first appears in the 1866 Choctaw-chickasaw Treaty. The word was made up by Native American missionary Allen Wright by combining two Choctaw words: ’ukla (“person”) and humá (“red”); thus Oklahoma means “red person.”
Adjectives: Oklahoman
Residents Called: Oklahomans, Sooners
Nicknames: Sooner State



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