States
Those parts of the United States comprising states rather than territoriesThose parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories.
US/stˈeɪts/
Meaning
2 senses(US, historical)Those parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories.
The parliament of either of the two Channel Islands countries: the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey.
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.