AMERICAN STATE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does American state mean? 

• AMERICAN STATE (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN STATE has 1 sense:

1. one of the 50 states of the United States

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN STATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN STATE (noun)

Meaning:

One of the 50 states of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("American state" is a kind of...):

province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "American state"):

congressional district (a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "American state"):

slave state (any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War)

free state (any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War)

Instance hyponyms:

Equality State; WY; Wyoming (a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east)

OK; Oklahoma; Sooner State (a state in south central United States)

Buckeye State; OH; Ohio (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)

ND; North Dakota; Peace Garden State (a state of north central United States bordering on Canada)

NC; North Carolina; Old North State; Tar Heel State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies)

Empire State; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Land of Enchantment; New Mexico; NM (a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border)

Garden State; Jersey; New Jersey; NJ (a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies)

Granite State; New Hampshire; NH (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)

Battle Born State; Nevada; NV; Sagebrush State; Silver State (a state in the western United States)

Cornhusker State; NE; Nebraska (a midwestern state on the Great Plains)

Beaver State; OR; Oregon (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)

Keystone State; PA; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Little Rhody; Ocean State; Rhode Island; RI (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state)

Badger State; WI; Wisconsin (a midwestern state in north central United States)

Mountain State; West Virginia; WV (a state in east central United States)

Evergreen State; WA; Washington (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)

Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)

Green Mountain State; Vermont; VT (a state in New England)

Beehive State; Mormon State; UT; Utah (a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young)

Lone-Star State; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)

Tennessee; TN; Volunteer State (a state in east central United States)

Coyote State; Mount Rushmore State; SD; South Dakota (a state in north central United States)

Palmetto State; SC; South Carolina (a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies)

Montana; MT; Treasure State (a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border)

Missouri; MO; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)

Magnolia State; Mississippi; MS (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War)

Aloha State; Hawai'i; Hawaii; HI (a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands)

Everglade State; FL; Florida; Sunshine State (a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

DE; Delaware; Diamond State; First State (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Connecticut; Constitution State; CT; Nutmeg State (a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Centennial State; CO; Colorado (a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains)

CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)

AR; Arkansas; Land of Opportunity (a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

Arizona; AZ; Grand Canyon State (a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon)

AK; Alaska; Last Frontier (a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union)

AL; Alabama; Camellia State; Heart of Dixie (a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

Gem State; ID; Idaho (a state in the Rocky Mountains)

IL; Illinois; Land of Lincoln; Prairie State (a Midwest state in north-central United States)

Gopher State; Minnesota; MN; North Star State (a midwestern state)

Great Lakes State; MI; Michigan; Wolverine State (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)

Bay State; MA; Massachusetts; Old Colony (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)

Free State; Maryland; MD; Old Line State (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Maine; ME; Pine Tree State (a state in New England)

LA; Louisiana; Pelican State (a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

Bluegrass State; Kentucky; KY (a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses)

Kansas; KS; Sunflower State; Hawkeye State; IA; Iowa; Hoosier State; IN; Indiana (a state in midwestern United States)

Empire State of the South; GA; Georgia; Peach State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

Holonyms ("American state" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (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)