american state(n = noun.location) - one of the 50 states of the United States;
is a kind of province, state
is a part of america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa
has parts: congressional district
has particulars: slave state, free state, al, alabama, camellia state, heart of dixie, ak, alaska, last frontier, arizona, az, grand canyon state, ar, arkansas, land of opportunity, ca, calif., california, golden state, centennial state, co, colorado, connecticut, constitution state, ct, nutmeg state, de, delaware, diamond state, first state, everglade state, fl, florida, sunshine state, empire state of the south, ga, georgia, peach state, aloha state, hawai'i, hawaii, hi, gem state, id, idaho, il, illinois, land of lincoln, prairie state, hoosier state, in, indiana, hawkeye state, ia, iowa, kansas, ks, sunflower state, bluegrass state, kentucky, ky, la, louisiana, pelican state, maine, me, pine tree state, free state, maryland, md, old line state, bay state, ma, massachusetts, old colony, great lakes state, mi, michigan, wolverine state, gopher state, minnesota, mn, north star state, magnolia state, mississippi, ms, missouri, mo, show me state, montana, mt, treasure state, cornhusker state, ne, nebraska, battle born state, nevada, nv, sagebrush state, silver state, granite state, new hampshire, nh, garden state, jersey, new jersey, nj, land of enchantment, new mexico, nm, empire state, new york, new york state, ny, nc, north carolina, old north state, tar heel state, nd, north dakota, peace garden state, buckeye state, oh, ohio, ok, oklahoma, sooner state, beaver state, or, oregon, keystone state, pa, pennsylvania, little rhody, ocean state, rhode island, ri, palmetto state, sc, south carolina, coyote state, mount rushmore state, sd, south dakota, tennessee, tn, volunteer state, lone-star state, texas, tx, beehive state, mormon state, ut, utah, green mountain state, vermont, vt, old dominion, old dominion state, va, virginia, evergreen state, wa, washington, mountain state, west virginia, wv, badger state, wi, wisconsin, equality state, wy, wyoming

african american, aloha state, american, american agave, american alligator, american aloe, american angelica tree, american antelope, american arborvitae, american arrowroot, american aspen, american badger, american baptist convention, american barberry, american basswood, american beech, american bison, american bittern, american bittersweet, american black bear, american blight, american bog asphodel, american brooklime, american buffalo, american bugbane, american capital, american centaury, american chameleon, american cheese, american chestnut, american civil war, american cockroach, american columbo, american coot, american copper, american crab apple, american cranberry, american cranberry bush, american crayfish, american creeper, american cress, american crow, american dewberry, american dog tick, american dog violet, american dogwood, american dream, american dwarf birch, american eagle, american egret, american elder, american elk, american elm, american english, american falls, american featherfoil, american federalist party, american federation of labor, american federation of labor and congress of indus, american feverfew, american flag, american flagfish, american fly honeysuckle, american flying squirrel, american football, american football game, american foxhound, american frogbit, american gallinule, american gentian, american germander, american ginseng, american gray birch, american green toad, american grey birch, american hackberry, american harvest mouse, american hazel, american hellebore, american holly, american hop, american hornbeam, american indian, american indian day, american ivy, american kestrel, american labor party, american lady crab, american language, american larch, american laurel, american legion, american leishmaniasis, american licorice, american lime, american liquorice, american lobster, american lotus, american magpie, american maidenhair fern, american marten, american mastodon, american mastodont, american merganser, american mink, american mistletoe, american mountain ash, american oil palm, american olive, american organ, american oriole, american parasol, american parsley fern, american party, american pasqueflower, american pennyroyal, american persimmon, american pit bull terrier, american plaice, american plan, american plane, american protective association, american pulsatilla, american quaking aspen, american raspberry, american rattlebox, american red elder, american red plum, american red squirrel, american redstart, american revised version, american revolution, american revolutionary leader, american revolutionary war, american robin, american rock brake, american sable, american saddle horse, american samoa, american shrew mole, american sign language, american smelt, american smokewood, american smooth dogfish, american spicebush, american spikenard, american staffordshire terrier, american standard code for information interchange, american standard version, american star grass, american stock exchange, american sweet chestnut, american sweet gum, american sycamore, american toad, american turkey oak, american twinflower, american virgin islands, american wall fern, american war of independence, american water ouzel, american water shrew, american water spaniel, american watercress, american white birch, american white oak, american white pine, american widgeon, american wistaria, american wisteria, american woodcock, american wormseed, asian american, associated state, atmospheric state, australian state, badger state, balkan state, baltic state, battle born state, bay state, bayou state, bear state, beaver state, beehive state, big bend state, black american, blackwater state, blue hen state, blue-grass state, bluegrass state, buckeye state, buffer state, caliphate state, camellia state, centennial state, central american, central american country, central american nation, central american strap fern, change of state, change state, chief of state, chinook state, city state, cognitive state, committee for state security, common american shad, constitution state, cornhusker state, cotton state, coyote state, cracker state, creole state, department of state, diamond state, ecstatic state, emotional state, empire state, empire state of the south, empire state of the west, energy state, equality state, everglade state, evergreen state, first state, flower state, free state, garden state, garrison state, gaseous state, gem state, german american, golden state, gopher state, grand canyon state, granite state, great lakes state, green mountain state, ground state, hawkeye state, head of state, hispanic american, hoosier state, hyphenated american, independent state of papua new guinea, independent state of samoa, irish american, irish free state, islamic state of afghanistan, keystone state, latin american, liquid state, lone-star state, lumber state, magnolia state, mental state, middle american, minister of state, mint state, modified american plan, mormon state, mount rushmore state, mountain state, native american, natural state, new york state, new york state barge canal, north american, north american country, north american free trade agreement, north american nation, north star state, nutmeg state, ocean state, ohio state university, old dominion state, old line state, old north state, orange free state, organization of american states, oxidation state, palmetto state, pan american day, pan american union, panhandle state, pathological state, peace garden state, peach state, pelican state, peninsula state, physiological state, pine tree state, pine-tree state, police state, prairie state, psychological state, puppet state, renegade state, rogue state, sagebrush state, secretary of state, secretary of state for the home department, show me state, silver state, sioux state, slave state, solid state, sooner state, south american, south american bullfrog, south american country, south american indian, south american nation, south american poison toad, south american sea lion, south american staghorn, spanish american, state, state attorney, state bank, state boundary, state capital, state capitalism, state change, state department, state government, state highway, state line, state of affairs, state of bahrain, state of eritrea, state of flux, state of grace, state of israel, state of katar, state of kuwait, state of matter, state of mind, state of nature, state of qatar, state of the art, state of the vatican city, state of war, state prison, state senator, state socialism, state supreme court, state tax lien, state treasurer, state trooper, steady state, sucker state, sunflower state, sunshine state, tar heel state, tarheel state, temporary state, treasure state, turpentine state, united states department of state, volunteer state, war of american independence, welfare state, wolverine state