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- Montana; -- a nickname.
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- proper noun A nickname of the state of
West Virginia
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state in east central United States
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Examples
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And I can't think of a better way to celebrate the 4th of July than to spend it with some of what we call the Mountain State's bravest and most dedicated citizens -- the men and women of the West Virginia Air National Guard.
Archive 2007-07-01 News from Mad Plato 2007
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And I can't think of a better way to celebrate the 4th of July than to spend it with some of what we call the Mountain State's bravest and most dedicated citizens -- the men and women of the West Virginia Air National Guard.
READING BETWEEN THE LINES AND POST-SURGE REDEPLOYMENT News from Mad Plato 2007
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So I wouldn't exactly call Mountain State success a Presidential predictor.
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The time has arrived for the people of the Mountain State to think long and hard about which course they want to choose.
Mary Anne Hitt: Conyers, Coal, and the Future of West Virginia Mary Anne Hitt 2011
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The time has arrived for the people of the Mountain State to think long and hard about which course they want to choose.
Mary Anne Hitt: Conyers, Coal, and the Future of West Virginia Mary Anne Hitt 2011
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WEST VIRGINIANS VOTING FOR THEIR GOVERNOR TODAY - Polls are still open in the Mountain State where voters are selecting someone to temporarily hold the office vacated by Joe Manchin, who left for Washington so he could constantly walk up behind Harry Reid and give him a wet willy legislatively speaking.
HUFFPOST HILL - Dems Promote Dem Bill By Making It Less Dem-y Eliot Nelson 2011
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Manchin, the popular former governor of the Mountain State, had a surprisingly difficult time winning the state's open Senate seat last fall.
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As part of their Pro Combat football uniforms, Nike's campaign is being run under the guise as a "tribute to the hardworking people of the Mountain State, as well as the fallen miners in the Upper Big Branch disaster in April."
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The Senate race was the only race on the ballot in the Mountain State, but Louisiana also held a pair of high-profile House primaries.
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Although he mined extraordinary amounts of federal largess for his perennially impoverished state, Sen. Byrd's reach extended beyond the bounds of the Mountain State.
Sen. Robert C. Byrd, champion of the Constitution and his home state, dies at 92 2010
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