The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (commonly known as Rhode Island) is the smallest state by land area in the United States, and the state with the longest official name. Rhode (pronounced "Road") Island is part of the New England region, and was the first of the thirteen original American colonies to declare independence from British rule, signaling the start of the American Revolution.

The state's common name, Rhode Island, actually refers to the largest island in Narragansett Bay, also known as Aquidneck Island, on which the city of Newport is located. Aquidneck Island is also locally referred to as Newport - though it in fact has three distinct townships on it. The origin of the name is unclear. Some historians think that Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, upon discovering Block Island, just southwest in the Atlantic Ocean, named it Rhode Island because of its similarity in shape to the Greek island of Rhodes. Later settlers, mistaking which island Verrazzano was referring to, gave the name to Aquidneck Island instead. Other historians believe that the name is derived from Roodt Eylandt, old Dutch for "red island," given to the island by Dutch explorer Adriaen Block due to the red clay on the island's shore.

Despite most of the state being part of the mainland, the name Rhode Island leads some out-of-staters to believe—mistakenly—that the entire state is an island. Rhode Island is nicknamed "The Ocean State".

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Rhode Island :) RT @JackAllTimeLow: Thanks to everyone who came out to the GK tour. So Fucking Awesome. RT this if you came out
LiveRandom (Caroline F) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:58:13 -0000
Rhode Island :) RT @JackAllTimeLow: Thanks to everyone who came out to the GK tour. So Fucking Awesome. RT this if you came out
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REDDITSPAMMOR (REDDITSPAMMOR) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:57:30 -0000
#reddit Science Reddit: Can The Entire Human Population Fit on Rhode Island (If We Get Very Chummy)?: submit... http://bit.ly/5no4Py #rulez
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. planned all my christmas baking but totally forgot that i'm going to rhode island this weekend. fuck.
kristencicero (Kristen Cicero) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:54:25 -0000
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. planned all my christmas baking but totally forgot that i'm going to rhode island this weekend. fuck.
@TheAaronPearce Send some GS cookies my way please! They dont hit Rhode Island til mid March :(
Odina (Odina ) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:53:56 -0000
@TheAaronPearce Send some GS cookies my way please! They dont hit Rhode Island til mid March :(
@writetoreach Who knows how Microsoft Word really works? It thinks 'Rhode' isn't a real word, whenever I type Rhode Island. *shrug*
SillyJaime (Jaime) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:42:48 -0000
@writetoreach Who knows how Microsoft Word really works? It thinks 'Rhode' isn't a real word, whenever I type Rhode Island. *shrug*
@kryspyy Well I've been looking for Come Around by Sing It Loud since summer and I finally found it... In Rhode Island.
LiveRandom (Caroline F) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:36:15 -0000
@kryspyy Well I've been looking for Come Around by Sing It Loud since summer and I finally found it... In Rhode Island.

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