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The states
/ðə stˈeɪts/
/ðə stˈeɪts/
The states
[NOUN]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