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Its state bird is the California gull, ironically (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

utah

(Other definitions for utah that I've seen before include "US state settled by the Mormons" , "Brigham Young state" , "In USA, it's the Mormon state" , "A hut for the Mormons, oddly" , "member of union" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.
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