# A US state votes to change its name

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 6, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-us-state-votes-to-change-its-name/924869 "2020-11-06T00:20:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-us-state-votes-to-change-its-name/924869/1 "2020-11-06T00:20:53Z")

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By a 52.9% majority, the state that was officially known as the “State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations”, will now be known as the “State of Rhode Island”.

> **[Rhode Island voters approve removing 'Plantations' from state's official name...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/politics/rhode-island-name-change-plantations-trnd/index.html)**
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> The smallest state in the nation will no longer have the longest name.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-us-state-votes-to-change-its-name/924869/2 "2020-11-06T03:26:46Z")

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Now they have to ditch the “Island” part.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-us-state-votes-to-change-its-name/924869/3 "2020-11-06T03:28:40Z")

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^ “Rhode”? Eh, why not?

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-us-state-votes-to-change-its-name/924869/4 "2020-11-06T04:24:22Z")

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Dress it up a little to something like, say, Rhodesia. That should placate the citizens that miss the “Plantations” part.

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**Author:** ![CoconutPete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coconutpete/32/5294_2.png) [@CoconutPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoconutPete)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-us-state-votes-to-change-its-name/924869/5 "2020-11-06T04:46:29Z")

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“You boys from Providence?”

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-us-state-votes-to-change-its-name/924869/6 "2020-11-06T13:18:05Z")

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“The Isle Of Rhodes” has a nice ring to it.