bistate en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English bistate From bi- + state.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Spanning two states
The legislation, which also allows for expansion at an airport in New Jersey, was needed under the rules that created the Port Authority, a bistate agency run by New York and New Jersey that controls the region’s biggest airports.
2007 May 4, The Associated Press, “Trenton Codey Approves Airport Plan”, in New York Times: