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Colorado Nickname #1.

Therefore, Colorado is often referred to as the Centennial State.

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Dont you love it when the explanation is as simple as it seems?

Some accounts claim that 20% of the state was British.

Who would have thought!

Colorado Nickname #3.

This nicknames brings pride to Colorado locals and can be see on signs and cars.

Colorado Nickname #4.

The Highest State

This Colorado nickname refers to Colorados glorious mountains.

Colorado has more 14,000 foot mountains than any other state in the country how cool is that?

Colorado Nickname #5.

The Buffalo Plains State

This Colorado nickname hails from the past.

The plains of Colorado were full of buffalo.

But alas, with time they were hunted and the population reduced greatly.

Colorado Nickname #6.

Colorado Nickname #7.

This is a more outdated nickname, so you wont hear many folks use it.