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Below is a list of facts about Mississippi if you have anymore please submit them

State flower :

Magnolia

State Bird :

Bluebird

State Tree :

Magnolia

State Motto :

Virtute et armis
By valor and arms

The state takes its name from the Mississippi River, the great waterway that forms the state's western boundary.

The river's name was derived from an Algonquin term for big river.

Mississippi is commonly nicknamed the Magnolia State because of the great number of magnolia trees

Mississippi is the poorest US state.

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