Instance_Hypernym

noun

one of the 50 states of the United States

Member_meronym

Confederacy 1

noun

the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

Part_meronym

United States 1

noun

North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

Gulf States 1

noun

a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas

South 1

noun

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

Deep South 1

noun

the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery

Alexandria 1

noun

a town in Louisiana on the Red River

Pelican State 1

noundomain: location

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

Synonyms

Louisiana 1
a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
LA 2
a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
La. 1
a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War