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States en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (form-of, plural) plural of State
   form of State

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state

States en · PROPN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, qualifier:chiefly outside of the US) Ellipsis of United States.
   alt of United States
2. (US, historical) Those parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories.
   • The structure will house the United States Army signal corps office which maintains radio and cable communication between Alaska and the States 1935 November 7, “Ketchikan, Alaska, to Get New Federal Building”, in Christian Science Monitor:
3. (qualifier:Channel Islands) The parliament of either of the two Channel Islands countries: the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey.
   • It has also led credence to the view of the outgoing chief minister that it is a handful of mischief-making existing deputies who are to blame for the perception that this States is already the worst ever. 2012 April 28, The Guernsey Press:
   • It wasn't until the Green Shutters was closed down by the States at the beginning of the First World War […] that the whores went into private business in Cornet Street. 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 43:

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