noun (n)

• a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies(noun.location)

  Synonym:
  garden state, jersey, nj
  

  source: wordnet30
• one of the British colonies that formed the United States(noun.location)

  Synonym:
  connecticut, delaware, georgia, maryland, massachusetts, massachusetts bay colony, new hampshire, new york, north carolina, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, virginia
  

  source: wordnet30