New Latin State Mottoes
for the 21st Century
Alabama
Ubi fas est discipulos in ludo verberare
“Where it is still legal to beat students at school”
Alaska
Ab his litoribus Russiam videmus
“From these shores we see Russia”
Arizona
At aestus aridus est
“But it is a dry heat”
Arkansas
Verres plus oculis amamus
“We love the Razorbacks more than our eyes”
California
Ubi secedere possumus?
“When can we secede?”
Colorado
Nobis stupefactivi et montes sunt
“We have drugs and mountains”
Connecticut
Optima pitta, pessimi raedarii
“The best pizza, the worst drivers”
Delaware
Pullorum fundos et fabricas redolens
“Smelling of chicken farms and factories”
Florida
Semper soleas gerere
“Always wearing sandals”
Georgia
Filiarum praenomina sunt cognomina matrum
“Daughters’ first names are their mothers’ last names”
Hawaii
Cafea, litora, lunae melles
“Coffee, beaches, honeymoons”
Idaho
Aliquis hic dux dux manuum sit
“Anyone could be a militia leader here”
Illinois
Multi cives hinc fugerunt
“Many citizens have fled from here”
Indiana
Cum vir virum in matrimonium ducat, nostri artoptae bellarium non faciunt
“When a man marries another man, our bakers do not make the cake”
Iowa
Magni porci, magni homines
“Big pigs, big people”
Kansas
Supra nos semper volatis
“You always fly over us”
Kentucky
Nostri equi sunt celeres, nostrum temetum forte
“Our horses are fast, our liquor strong”
Louisiana
Iecoribus conviviis magnis nocere
“Harming livers with big parties”
Maine
Cur non pars Canadae sumus?
“Why aren’t we part of Canada?”
Maryland
Vetus Sinus omnibus
“Old Bay on everything”
Massachusetts
Tacete, scimus nos asperos esse
“Shut up, we know we are rude”
Michigan
Nos paenitet aquam atram habere
“We are sorry we have poisonous water”
Minnesota
Aestates caldissimae, hiemes frigidissimae
“Very hot summers, very cold winters”
Mississippi
Nostri ludi non sunt pessimi
“Our schools are not the worst”
Missouri
Scivitisne nos sex millia speluncarum hic habere?
“Did you know we have 6,000 caves here?”
Montana
Vetera dictio lingua Hispana conscripta est
“Our old motto was in Spanish”
Nebraska
Segetes conversae ante oculos versantur
“Fields of modified grain appear before our eyes”
Nevada
Lustra et aleae
“Brothels and gambling”
New Hampshire
Candidati nos amare adsimulant
“Candidates pretend to love us”
New Jersey
Pontes et litora claudere
“Closing bridges and beaches”
New Mexico
Nolite pittas super tectos iacere
“Don’t throw pizzas on our roofs”
New York
Bona nobis tributa magna auferunt
“High taxes deprive us of wealth”
North Carolina
Nihil carnum fumosorum sine acido
“No barbecue without vinegar”
North Dakota
Sedes vitae importuna hieme
“A place unsuitable for living in the winter”
Ohio
Nostra flumina non iam ardent
“Our rivers no longer catch on fire”
Oklahoma
Nulli turbines nos timent
“Tornados don’t scare us”
Oregon
Mercatura iusta et cibi naturales
“Fairtrade and organic foods”
Pennsylvania
Volventem Molem et Urbem Ferream cotidie bibere
“Drinking Rolling Rock and Iron City everyday”
Rhode Island
Perlucida etiam sorbitio peloridis sit
“Clam chowder should actually be clear”
South Carolina
Memento semper victos belli civilis
“Always remember the losers of the Civil War”
South Dakota
Nolite nostram terram foedare
“Don’t pollute our land”
Tennessee
Cantator in omnibus tabernis
“A musician in every bar”
Texas
Locus futurus magni muri
Future home of the big wall
Utah
Candida nix, candidior gens
“White snow, whiter people”
Vermont
Cavete cervos!
“Watch out for the deer!”
Virginia
Ecce, omnes, intecta femina in vexillia picta est
“Check it out, everyone, a naked lady is on our flag”
Washington
Sine umbraculis
“Without umbrellas”
West Virginia
Nonne carbo adhuc rex est?
“Coal is still king, right?”
Wisconsin
Caeseum, cervesa, farcimen
“Cheese, beer, sausage”
Wyoming
Venite ut fundum carissimum comparetis
“Come buy a very expensive ranch”
Washington, D.C.
Nisi nos fallit, urbs modo est
“Unless we are mistaken, this is just a city”
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