List Of Arizona State Symbols
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The state of Arizona has numerous symbols, many of which are officially recognized after a law passed by the
state legislature A state legislature is a Legislature, legislative branch or body of a State (country subdivision), political subdivision in a Federalism, federal system. Two federations literally use the term "state legislature": * The legislative branches of ...
, and were adopted in the 20th century. The first symbol was the motto, which was made official in 1864 for the
Arizona Territory The Territory of Arizona, commonly known as the Arizona Territory, was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863, until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the ...
. Arizona became the second state to adopt a "state firearm" after
Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
adopted the Browning M1911.


Insignia


Mottoes and nickname


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Animal

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, Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake
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See also

* List of Arizona-related topics *
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Vehicle registration plates of Arizona The U.S. state of Arizona first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1912. Registrants provided their own Vehicle registration plate, license plates for display until 1914, when the state began to issue plates. Plates are ...


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Arizona's State Symbols
State symbols
Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
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