Cornhusker State

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Cornhusker State - a midwestern state on the Great PlainsNebraska, NEBad Lands, Badlands - an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraskamiddle west, Midwest, midwestern United States - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776Grand Island - a town in south central Nebraskacapital of Nebraska, Lincoln - capital of the state of Nebraska; located in southeastern Nebraska; site of the University of NebraskaNorth Platte - a town in west central Nebraska on the Platte RiverOmaha - largest city in Nebraska; located in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri river; a major transportation center of the MidwestNorth Platte, North Platte River - a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte RiverPlatte, Platte River - a river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri RiverRepublican River, Republican - a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and KansasSouth Platte, South Platte River - a tributary of the Platte River