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Which state in the union has the longest name? The state with the smallest area. Its full name is The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Rhode Island is a New England state bordered on the west by Connecticut and on the north and east by Massachusetts. The Atlantic Ocean is to the south.

One story about Rhode Island's name begins in the Mediterranean Sea. The Greek island of Rhodes lies near the coast of Turkey. In 1524, an Italian sea captain, Giovanni da Verrazano, was exploring the eastern coast of North America. He came to Block Island, which is off the mainland of present-day Rhode Island. This island, he reported, is ``about the bigness of the ...

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