English

Proper noun

States

1. (informal, with definite article) The United States.
   • 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

2. (Guernsey) The States of Guernsey.
   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 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, The Guernsey Press, 28 Apr 2012:

     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.

See also

• state

English

Noun

states

1. plural of state

Verb

states

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of state

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Anagrams

• tasset
• tastes

Ladin

Noun

states

1. plural of stat