What are the two U.S. states whose names contain the complete names of other states?

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What are the two U.S. states whose names contain the complete names of other states?

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Last updated Nov 30 2016.

sequoianoir
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sequoianoir
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Answer has 17 votes.

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KANSAS in ARKANSAS
VIRGINIA in WEST VIRGINIA

http://www.50states.com/

Apr 29 2008, 7:54 AM

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Answer 1

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BRY2K
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Answer has 15 votes.

Well, two obvious choices come to mind:

West Virginia -Virginia

Arkansas - Kansas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia

http://www.arkansas.com/

Apr 29 2008, 7:55 AM

Answer 2

There are a few others if you count non-consecutive and scrambled letters:

Massachusetts contains Utah,
Minnesota contains Maine,
New Hampshire contains Maine,
North Carolina contains Ohio,
Rhode Island contains Idaho,
South Carolina contains Ohio and Utah,
South Dakota contains Utah,
Washington contains Iowa.

What are the two U.S. states whose names contain the complete names of other states?

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