English noun: Free State |
1. | Free State (location) a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies |
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| Synonyms | Maryland, MD, Old Line State |
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| Instance hypernym | American state |
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| Part holonym | Aberdeen, Annapolis, Baltimore, capital of Maryland, Chesapeake Bay, Fort George G. Meade, Fort George Gordon Meade, Fort Meade, Frederick, Hagerstown, Potomac, Potomac River, Susquehanna, Susquehanna River |
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| Part meronym | America, Mid-Atlantic states, South, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA |
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2. | free state (location) any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War |
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| Broader (hypernym) | American state |
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| Part meronym | North, Union |
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| Antonyms | slave state |
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3. | Free State (location) a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997 |
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| Synonyms | Orange Free State |
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| Instance hypernym | province, state |
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| Part meronym | Republic of South Africa, South Africa |
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