Definition of American state

1. Noun. One of the 50 states of the United States.

Terms within: Congressional District
Generic synonyms: Province, State
Group relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Specialized synonyms: Slave State, Free State
Specialized synonyms: Al, Alabama, Camellia State, Heart Of Dixie, Ak, Alaska, Last Frontier, Arizona, Az, Grand Canyon State, Ar, Arkansas, Land Of Opportunity, Ca, Calif., California, Golden State, Centennial State, Co, Colorado, Connecticut, Constitution State, Ct, Nutmeg State, De, Delaware, Diamond State, First State, Everglade State, Fl, Florida, Sunshine State, Empire State Of The South, Ga, Georgia, Peach State, Aloha State, Hawai'i, Hawaii, Hi, Gem State, Id, Idaho, Il, Illinois, Land Of Lincoln, Prairie State, Hoosier State, In, Indiana, Hawkeye State, Ia, Iowa, Kansas, Ks, Sunflower State, Bluegrass State, Kentucky, Ky, La, Louisiana, Pelican State, Maine, Me, Pine Tree State, Free State, Maryland, Md, Old Line State, Bay State, Ma, Massachusetts, Old Colony, Great Lakes State, Mi, Michigan, Wolverine State, Gopher State, Minnesota, Mn, North Star State, Magnolia State, Mississippi, Ms, Missouri, Mo, Show Me State, Montana, Mt, Treasure State, Cornhusker State, Ne, Nebraska, Battle Born State, Nevada, Nv, Sagebrush State, Silver State, Granite State, New Hampshire, Nh, Garden State, Jersey, New Jersey, Nj, Land Of Enchantment, New Mexico, Nm, Empire State, New York, New York State, Ny, Nc, North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State, Nd, North Dakota, Peace Garden State, Buckeye State, Oh, Ohio, Ok, Oklahoma, Sooner State, Beaver State, Or, Oregon, Keystone State, Pa, Pennsylvania, Little Rhody, Ocean State, Rhode Island, Ri, Palmetto State, Sc, South Carolina, Coyote State, Mount Rushmore State, Sd, South Dakota, Tennessee, Tn, Volunteer State, Lone-star State, Texas, Tx, Beehive State, Mormon State, Ut, Utah, Green Mountain State, Vermont, Vt, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, Va, Virginia, Evergreen State, Wa, Washington, Mountain State, West Virginia, Wv, Badger State, Wi, Wisconsin, Equality State, Wy, Wyoming

Lexicographical Neighbors of American State

American robin
American robins
American rock brake
American sable
American saddle horse
American shrew mole
American sign language
American smelt
American smokewood
American smooth dogfish
American spelling
American spellings
American spicebush
American spikenard
American state (current term)
American sweet chestnut
American sweet gum
American sweetgum
American sweetgums
American sycamore
American tarantula
American toad
American trypanosomiasis
American turkey oak
American twinflower
American wall fern
American water ouzel
American water shrew
American water spaniel

Literary usage of American state

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Commonwealth by James Bryce Bryce (1914)
"CHAPTER XXXVI NATURE OF THE American state FROM the study of the National Government, we may go on to examine that of the several States which make up the ..."

2. The American Federal State: A Text-book in Civics for High Schools and Academies by Roscoe Lewis Ashley (1908)
"Hitchcock, American state Constitutions. Chiefly historical. ... Shaw, "American State Legislatures," in Contemporary Review, LVI, 555-573. ..."

3. American Railway Transportation by Emory Richard Johnson (1908)
"CHAPTER XXV REGULATION OF RAILWAYS BY THE American state GOVERNMENTS THE STATE COMMISSIONS IN the United States as in the United Kingdom the Government has ..."

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