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  1.                 From en.wiktionary.org:
                    

    [states]

    ** English

    *** Proper noun

    [head=the States]

    1. [en] [en] . 2. [en] Those parts of the United States comprising state s rather than territories . 3. * [en] 4. [en] The parliament of either of the two Channel Islands countries: the [States of Guernsey] or the [States of Jersey] . 5. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1974 | author=w:GB Edwards | title=The Book of Ebenezer Le Page | page=43 | year_published=2007 | location=New York |passage=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.}}

    1. * {{ quote-journal | en | journal=The Guernsey Press | date=28 Apr 2012 |passage=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.}}

    *** Noun

    [en]

    1. [en]

    *** See also

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    *** Anagrams

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    ** Portuguese

    *** Etymology

    [pt].

    *** Pronunciation

    [br=steits,istêitis]

    *** Proper noun

    [m-p]

    1. [pt] United States

    **** Quotations

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