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Noun: the States
  1. 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
    - United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.

Type of: North American country, North American nation

Part of: NATO, North America, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation [Brit], North Atlantic Treaty Organization, OAS, Organization of American States

Encyclopedia: The States

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The Netherlands
the other way around
the Pamirs
The Pentagon
the pits
the purple
the shit
the shits
the skinny
The Star-Spangled Banner
the States
the sticks
the Street
the Tempter
the three estates
the trots
the true
the Venerable Bede
The Virgin
the way of the world
the ways of the world