Oklahoma
Also known as OK, State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, US-OK, The Sooner State, Okla.
Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked state in the South Central and Southwestern region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northeast, Arkansas to the southeast, New Mexico to the west, and Colorado to the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma is a landlocked state in the south-central United States that borders Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Colorado, with Oklahoma City as its capital and largest city. It ranks 20th in land area and 28th in population among the fifty states, making it a moderately sized state in both geographic and demographic terms.
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- (English: "Work conquers all")
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- English, Choctaw, Cherokee
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- Oklahoman; Okie (colloq., historically derogatory); Sooner (historically)
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- Oklahoma City
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- Impact of COVID-19
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Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked state in the South Central and Southwestern region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northeast, Arkansas to the southeast, New Mexico to the west, and Colorado to the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City.
The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words , 'people' and , which translates as 'red'. Oklahoma is also known informally by its nickname, "The Sooner State", in reference to the Sooners, American settlers who staked their claims in formerly American Indian-owned lands until the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 authorized the Land Rush of 1889 opening the land to settlement.
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