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English
Proper noun
the States
- (informal, chiefly outside of the US) Short for United States.
- (historical, US) Those parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories.
1935 November 7, “Ketchikan, Alaska, to Get New Federal Building”, in Christian Science Monitor:The structure will house the United States Army signal corps office which maintains radio and cable communication between Alaska and the States
- (Channel Islands) The parliament of either of the two Channel Islands countries: the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey.
1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 43: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.
2012 April 28, The Guernsey Press: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.
Noun
States
- plural of State
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Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English States.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
States m pl
- (colloquial) United States
Quotations
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