English > the States: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776. |
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| Synonyms | United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. |
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| Instances | Union, North | The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War) |
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| Instance of | North American country, North American nation | Any country on the North American continent |
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| Member of | North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO | An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security |
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| Organization of American States, OAS | An association including most countries in the western hemisphere |
| Members | American | A native or inhabitant of the United States |
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| Part of | North America | A continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama |
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| Parts | Alabama, Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, AL, Ala. | A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico |
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| Alaska, Last Frontier, AK | A state in northwestern North America |
| American state | One of the 50 states of the United States |
| Arizona, Grand Canyon State, AZ | A state in southwestern United States |
| Arkansas, Land of Opportunity, AR, Ark. | A state in south central United States |
| California, Golden State, CA, Calif. | A state in the western United States on the Pacific |
| Colony | One of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States |
| Colorado, Centennial State, CO, Colo. | A state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains |
| Connecticut, Nutmeg State, Constitution State, CT, Ct. | A New England state |
| Connecticut, Connecticut River | A river in the northeastern United States |
| Dakota | The area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota |
| Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE, Del. | A Mid-Atlantic state |
| District of Columbia, D.C., DC | The district occupied entirely / entirely by the city of Washington |
| East, eastern United States | The region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River |
| Florida, Sunshine State, Everglade State, FL, Fla. | A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico |
| Georgia, Empire State of the South, Peach State, GA, Ga. | A state in southeastern United States |
| Great Lakes | A group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America |
| Hawaii, Hawai'i, Aloha State, HI, Haw. | A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands |
| Idaho, Gem State, ID, Id. | A state in the Rocky Mountains |
| Illinois, Prairie State, Land of Lincoln, IL, Ill. | A midwestern state in north-central United States |
| Indiana, Hoosier State, IN, Ind. | A state in midwestern United States |
| Iowa, Hawkeye State, IA, Ia. | A state in midwestern United States |
| Kansas, Sunflower State, KS, Kan. | A state in midwestern United States |
| Kentucky, Bluegrass State, KY, Ken. | A state in east central United States |
| Louisiana, Pelican State, LA, La. | A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico |
| Louisiana Purchase | territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million |
| Maine, Pine Tree State, ME, Me. | A state in New England |
| Maryland, Old Line State, Free State, MD, Md. | A Mid-Atlantic state |
| Massachusetts, Bay State, Old Colony, MA, Mass. | A state in New England |
| Michigan, Wolverine State, Great Lakes State, MI, Mich. | A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region |
| Mid-Atlantic states | A region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland |
| Midwest, middle west, midwestern United States | The north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) |
| Minnesota, Gopher State, North Star State, MN, Minn. | A midwestern state |
| Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS, Miss. | A state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico |
| Mississippi, Mississippi River | A major North American river and the chief river of the United States |
| Missouri, Show Me State, MO, Mo. | A midwestern state in central United States |
| Missouri, Missouri River | The longest river in the United States |
| Montana, Treasure State, MT, Mont. | A state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border |
| Nebraska, Cornhusker State, NE, Neb. | A midwestern state on the Great Plains |
| Nevada, Silver State, Battle Born State, Sagebrush State, NV, Nev. | A state in the southwestern United States |
| New England | A region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut |
| New Hampshire, Granite State, NH, N.H. | A state in New England |
| New Jersey, Jersey, Garden State, NJ, N.J. | A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic |
| New Mexico, Land of Enchantment, NM, N.M. | A state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border |
| New River | A river in the southeastern United States that flows northward from North Carolina to West Virginia where it empties into the Kanawha River |
| New York, New York State, Empire State, NY, N.Y. | A Mid-Atlantic state |
| Niagara, Niagara River | A river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario |
| Niobrara, Niobrara River | A tributary of the Missouri River |
| North | The region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line |
| North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State, NC, N.C. | A state in southeastern United States |
| North Dakota, Peace Garden State, ND, N.D. | A state of north central United States bordering on Canada |
| Ohio, Buckeye State, OH | A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region |
| Ohio, Ohio River | A river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River |
| Oklahoma, Sooner State, OK, Okla. | A state in south central United States |
| Oregon, Beaver State, OR, Ore. | A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific |
| Pacific Northwest | A region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia |
| Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA, Pa. | A Mid-Atlantic state |
| Rhode Island, Little Rhody, Ocean State, RI, R.I. | A state in New England |
| Rio Grande, Rio Bravo | A North American river |
| Saint Lawrence, Saint Lawrence River, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River | A North American river |
| South | The region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line |
| South Carolina, Palmetto State, SC, S.C. | A state in the Deep South |
| South Dakota, Coyote State, Mount Rushmore State, SD, S.D. | A state in north central United States |
| Sunbelt | states in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative |
| Tennessee, Volunteer State, TN, Tenn. | A state in east central United States |
| Texas, Lone-Star State, TX, Tex. | The second largest state |
| Twin, Twin Falls | A waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho |
| Utah, Beehive State, Mormon State, UT, Ut. | A state in the western United States |
| Vermont, Green Mountain State, VT, Vt. | A state in New England |
| Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Va. | A state in the eastern United States |
| Washington, Evergreen State, WA, Wash. | A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific |
| West, western United States | The region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River |
| West Virginia, Mountain State, WV, W.V. | A state in east central United States |
| Wisconsin, Badger State, WI, Wis., Wisc. | A midwestern state in north central United States |
| Wyoming, Equality State, WY, Wyo. | A state in the western United States |
| Yosemite, Yosemite Falls | A series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California |
| Yukon, Yukon River | A North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea |
| Region of | American Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South |
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| Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Athapaskan language | A group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir) |
| Bill of Rights | A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution) |
| Boston Tea Party | demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped / dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor |
| Gibson, Mel Gibson, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson | Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956) |
| Groundhog Day, February 2 | If the ground hog emerges / emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter |
| Hedeoma, genus Hedeoma | small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal) |
| Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Community, United States Intelligence Community, IC | A group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government |
| Lincoln's Birthday, February 12 | The day on which President Abraham Lincoln is remembered |
| Marlowe, Philip Marlowe | tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler |
| Marshall Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands | A republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands |
| Presidents' Day | The third Monday in February |
| Social Security number | The number of a particular individual's Social Security account |
| State Department | A department of government in one of the 50 states |
| Union, North | The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War) |
| Washington's Birthday, February 22 | The day on which George Washington is remembered |
| Yankee, Yank, Northerner | An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) |
| barrio | A Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States) |
| beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz | informal terms for the nose |
| billion | denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States |
| billion, one thousand million, 1000000000 | The number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros |
| billionth | Position 1,000,000,000 in a countable series of things |
| cola, dope | carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts ('dope' is a southernism in the United States) |
| combination in restraint of trade | (law) any monopoly / monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States) |
| county | (United States) the largest administrative district within a state |
| desperado, desperate criminal | A bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) |
| discount rate | The rate of interest set by the Federal Reserve that member banks are charged when they borrow money through the Federal Reserve System |
| dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam | A piece of paper money worth one dollar |
| federal department, federal office, department of the federal government | A department of the federal government of the United States |
| freshman, first-year | Used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college) |
| genus Epiphyllum | small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti |
| golden fern, leather fern, Acrostichum aureum | stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides |
| inaugural address, inaugural | An address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president) |
| inch, in | A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot |
| independent agency | An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments |
| joint resolution | A resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto) |
| maquiladora | An assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border) |
| marine | Of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps) |
| mestiza | A woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) |
| mestizo | A person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) |
| multiple voting | The act of voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.) |
| nation | A federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes) |
| octillion | The number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros |
| old man | (slang) boss |
| partridge | flesh of either quail or grouse |
| pineapple weed, rayless chamomile, Matricaria matricarioides | annual aromatic weed of Pacific coastal areas (United States and northeastern Asia) having bristle-pointed leaves and rayless yellow flowers |
| quadrillion | The number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros |
| quintillion | The number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros |
| reallotment, reapportionment, reallocation | A new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) |
| recall | The act of removing an official by petition |
| ringworm bush, ringworm shrub, ringworm cassia, Senna alata, Cassia alata | Tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites |
| septillion | The number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros |
| sextillion | The number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros |
| shamanism | Any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes) |
| slave market | A marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War) |
| snake dance | A ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked |
| southernism | An attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US) |
| staff member, staffer | An employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States) |
| tart | A small open pie with a fruit filling |
| teacake | Any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea |
| totem | emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant |
| trapezium | A quadrilateral with no parallel sides |
| trapezoid | A quadrilateral with two parallel sides |
| tribe, federation of tribes | A federation (as of American Indians) |
| trillion | One million million in the United States |
| trillion, one million million, 1000000000000 | The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros |
| trust busting | (law) government activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies (especially under the United States antitrust laws) |
| water spaniel | Any dog of two large curly-coated breeds used for hunting waterfowl |
| Spanish | américa, América, Américas, E.E.U.U., EEUU, Estados, Estados Unidos de América, Estados Unidos, United States, United States of America |
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| Catalan | Amèrica, Estats Units d'Amèrica, Estats Units, EUA, United States |
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