noun (n)

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

  Synonym:
  de, delaware, diamond state, empire state, first state, keystone state, maryland, md, new york, new york state, ny, old line state, pa, pennsylvania
  

  source: wordnet30
• any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War(noun.location)

  Antonym:
  slave state
  

  source: wordnet30
• a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997(noun.location)

  Synonym:
  orange free state
  

  source: wordnet30