| NOUN | location | Free State, Maryland, Old Line State, MD, Md. | a Mid-Atlantic state |
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| location | free state | any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War | |
| location | Free State, Orange Free State | a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers |
| Meaning | Any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War. | |
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| Part of | Union, North | The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War) |
| Broader | American state | One of the 50 states of the United States |
| Opposite | slave state | Any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War |
| Spanish | estado libre | |
| Meaning | A province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997. | |
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| Synonym | Orange Free State | |
| Instance of | state, province | The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation |
| Part of | South Africa, Republic of South Africa | A republic at the southernmost part of Africa |
| Spanish | Estado Libre, Free State | |
| Catalan | Estat Lliure, Free State | |
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