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CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
Synonyms:
Confederacy; Confederate States; Confederate States of America; Dixie; Dixieland; South
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "Confederate States of America"):
slave state (any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War)
Meronyms (members of "Confederate States of America"):
AL; Ala.; Alabama; Camellia State; Heart of Dixie (a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
AR; Ark.; Arkansas; Land of Opportunity (a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
Everglade State; FL; Fla.; Florida; Sunshine State (a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. In Spanish, Florida means Flowery)
Empire State of the South; GA; Ga.; Georgia; Peach State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
LA; La.; Louisiana; Pelican State (a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
Magnolia State; Miss.; Mississippi; MS (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War)
Missouri; MO; Mo.; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)
N.C.; NC; North Carolina; Old North State; Tar Heel State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies)
Palmetto State; S.C.; SC; South Carolina (a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies)
Tenn.; Tennessee; TN; Volunteer State (a state in east central United States)
Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)
Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)
Attribute:
south (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south)
southern (in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line)
