# Multi-state area names **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 8, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-state-area-names/147308 "2003-01-08T15:28:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-state-area-names/147308/41 "2003-01-13T06:45:20Z")
Mississippi and Tennessee = **Mississippennessee** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-state-area-names/147308/42 "2003-01-13T12:18:38Z")
Western Kansas, Western Nebraska, Eastern Wyoming and Eastern Colorado–The High Plains. Eastwood even made a movie with that in its title. Never really caught on big but there was an attempt to promote “The Inter-Mountain West” from New Mexico to Montana. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-state-area-names/147308/43 "2003-01-13T16:59:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hometownboy \* > ]And then there’s the **Pacific Northwest** , encompasing Oregon, Washington and Idaho. What I was taught in grade school in Oregon (way back when) was that the “Pacific Northwest” was only OR and WA. “Northwest” was all three. In the years since, although not everybody is consistent, these are by far the most common meanings. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-state-area-names/147308.md?page=2)