Tourism Office

Minnesota Tourism Office

Minnesota

State Flag

Basics

Abbreviation: MN
Nickname: n/a
Motto: L'étoile du Nord (Official state motto) (French, "The star of the North")
Name for residents: Minnesotans

State Seal

Numbers

Population: 5,132,799
Area: 86943 miles²

Taxes

Sales Tax: 6.5%

Insignia

Flower: Pink and white lady's-slipper
Bird: Common Loon

State Recipes

Wild Rice Soup

State Slang

Hotdish
Phrase:
Hotdish
Meaning:
A casserole
Sentence:
I didn't know what to bring, so I brought my famous "chow mein hotdish" to the picnic.
Budge
Phrase:
Budge
Meaning:
to cut in line.
Sentence:
If you budge, you'll have to go to the back of the line.
Sack
Phrase:
Sack
Meaning:
A paper/plastic shopping bag
Sentence:
Do you need a sack for that?
Yeah, you betcha!
Phrase:
Yeah, you betcha!
Meaning:
Yes, course! or Sure, you bet!
Sentence:
Sally said "yeah, you betcha!" when I asked her to take out the trash for me
Whudup
Phrase:
Whudup
Meaning:
What's up?
Sentence:
Whudup with you?
Pop
Phrase:
Pop
Meaning:
Soda pop
Sentence:
Can you hand me a pop out of the refrigerator, please?

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