state
/steɪt/ n [C] (PLACE) politics & governmentDefinition
› one of the political units that some countries, such as the US, are divided into: New York State the State of Arizona › A state is also a country or its government: the member states of the United Nations the States US history › The States is another way of referring to the United States: When will you be visiting the States?
(Definition of state n (PLACE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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