Welcome to Connecticut! (Continued below)
| Nicknames & Slogans | |||
| Nicknames | Constitution State, Nutmeg State | 1959 | |
| Symbols of State | |||
| Motto | Qui Transtulit Sustinet | > | |
| Song | Yankee Doodle | 1978 | > |
| EcoSymbols | |||
| Flower | mountain laurel (Kalmia-latifolia) | 1907 | > |
| Children’s Flower | Michaela Petit’s four-o’clocks (Mirabilis jalapa) | 2015 | > |
| Tree | The Charter Oak (Quercus alba) | 1947 | > |
| Bird | robin (Turdus migratorius) | 1943 | > |
| Animal | sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) | 1975 | > |
| Fish | American shad (Alosa sapidissima) | 2003 | > |
| Insect | European mantis (Mantis religiosa) | 1977 | > |
| Shellfish | eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) | 1989 | > |
| Mineral | almandine garnet | 1977 | > |
| Fossil † | dinosaur track | 1991 | > |
| Dinosaur † | Dilophosaurus | 2019 | > |
| Soil | Windsor (unofficial)  |
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| Cultural Symbols | |||
| Tartan | 1995 | > | |
| Hero | Nathan Hale | 1985 | > |
| Heroine | Prudence Crandall | 1995 | > |
| Flagship | The Freedom Schooner Amistad | 2003 | > |
| Pioneering Aircraft | Gustave Whitehead’s No. 21 | 2019 | > |
| Folk Dance | square dance  |
1995 | > |
| Song (second) | “Beautiful Connecticut Waltz,” composed by Joseph Leggo of Newington | 2013 | > |
| Polka | “Ballroom Polka,” written and composed by Ray Henry Mocarski | 2013 | > |
| Cantata | Nutmeg | 2003 | > |
| Troubadour | Dr. Dennis G. Waring | > | |
| Composer | Charles Ives | 1991 | > |
| Ship | USS Nautilus (SSN-571) | 1983 | > |
| Aircraft | Corsair F4U | 2005 | > |
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