Personal blog about states
US STATE | ABBREVIATION |
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Alaska | AK |
Arizona | AZ |
Arkansas | AR |
California | CA |
State Abbreviations List
State | Abbreviation |
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ALASKA | AK |
ARIZONA | AZ |
ARKANSAS | AR |
CALIFORNIA | CA |
Md . Mar., Mary. Massachusetts. State . US-MA.
1963
Often dates will be preceded with a “c.” or a ” ca .” These are abbreviations of the Latin word “circa” which means around, or approximately. We use this before a date to indicate that we do not know exactly when something happened, so c. 400 B.C.E. means approximately 400 years Before the Common Era.
Coaster Arsenal (roller coaster website) CA. Christos Alexandrou . showing only Slang/Internet Slang definitions (show all 320 definitions)
FLA
Acronym | Definition |
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FLA | Florida (old style) |
FLA | Fair Labor Association |
FLA | Macromedia Flash (file extension) |
FLA | Flash Files (file extension) |
Detective Comics, Inc.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
MD , at the end of your doctor’s name , stands for Medical Doctor. Anyone who has graduated from medical school is allowed to put MD after their name .
States and Territories Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas. California, Colorado, Connecticut. Delaware, District of Columbia. Florida. Georgia, Guam. Hawaii. Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas, Kentucky.
It’s worth noting that while the Dr abbreviations listed here do not have periods after each letter or set of letters, doing so can be perfectly acceptable under certain circumstances. For instance, there isn’t a real difference between writing MD or M.D. when referring to a doctor of medicine.
To make room for the ZIP Code, state names needed to be abbreviated . The Department provided an initial list of abbreviations in June 1963, but many had three or four letters , which was still too long. In October 1963, the Department settled on the current two- letter abbreviations .
State Abbreviations and State Postal Codes
State /District | Abbreviation | Postal Code |
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Alabama | Ala. | AL |
Alaska | Alaska | AK |
Arizona | Ariz. | AZ |
Arkansas | Ark. | AR |
List of U.S. states
State | Date (admitted or ratified) | |
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1 | Delaware | December 7, 1787 (ratified) |
2 | Pennsylvania | December 12, 1787 (ratified) |
3 | New Jersey | December 18, 1787 (ratified) |
4 | Georgia | January 2, 1788 (ratified) |