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==Other uses== [[File:Chehalis Washington The Maple Leaf City.jpg|thumb|A map showing the [[Chehalis River (Washington)|Chehalis River]], tributaries, and area railroads as forming the shape of a maple leaf]] The Italian city of [[Campobasso]] was known as "Canada City" or in a minor way "Maple Leaf City", since during the [[Second World War]], Canadian troops invaded the city and freed it from the Germans.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Goddard, Lance.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/163697491|title=Hell & high water : Canada and the Italian campaign|date=2007|publisher=Dundurn Group|isbn=978-1-55002-728-0|location=Toronto|page=75|oclc=163697491}}</ref> Moreover, the city has a huge variety of maples which can be found even in the streets. The U.S. city of [[Carthage, Missouri]], is nicknamed "America's Maple Leaf City."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mo-carthage/ |title=Carthage, Missouri β America's Maple Leaf City |access-date=December 27, 2020 |last= |first= |date= |work=Legends of America |publisher= |location= |language= |quote= }}</ref> The city of [[Chehalis, Washington]], was known as "The Maple-Leaf City".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Evergreen State Souvenir by J.O. Hestwood, Chicago: W.B. Conkey Co., 1893, p.38|url=http://access.bl.uk/item/pdf/lsidyv37008fd3|access-date=2020-10-13|archive-date=2018-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203170716/http://access.bl.uk/item/pdf/lsidyv37008fd3|url-status=dead}}</ref> The mascot of [[Goshen College]] in [[Goshen, Indiana]], is the Maple Leaf and the nickname for Goshen College sports teams is the Maple Leafs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://goleafs.net/|title=Goshen College - Official Athletics Website|website=Goshen College}}</ref> It is usually taken as one of the featured symbols on the emblem of the [[Pakistan]]i [[Provinces of Pakistan|province]] of [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir]], which is not correct. The actual featured symbol is a Chinar leaf, with ''Chinar'' being the Persian/Turkish/Urdu name for the [[Platanus orientalis|Oriental Plane]] (''Platanus orientalis''), a large broad leaved deciduous tree. In [[Estonia]] and [[Lithuania]], inexperienced drivers are obliged to have a green maple leaf sign visible on the vehicle, serving a similar function that a [[P-plate]] does in some other countries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Liikluseeskiri|url=http://www.riigiteataja.ee/ert/act.jsp?id=13305765|work=Elektrooniline Riigi Teataja|publisher=Government of Estonia|access-date=9 July 2010|location=Estonia|language=et|date=25 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Road traffic rules|url=http://www.regitra.lt/uploads/documents/2013_Eng_KET.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903045651/http://www.regitra.lt/uploads/documents/2013_Eng_KET.pdf|archive-date=2013-09-03}}</ref> The maple leaf was also featured on the coat of arms of [[Sammatti]], [[Finland]].
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