"Free State" meaning in All languages combined

See Free State on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Proprialisation of free state. Head templates: {{en-prop|head=Free State}} Free State
  1. A province of South Africa. Capital: Bloemfontein, formerly Orange Free State. Categories (place): Places in South Africa, Provinces of South Africa, State nicknames of the United States Translations (province of South Africa): Vrystaat (Afrikaans), Estat Lliure [masculine] (Catalan), Vapaavaltio (Finnish), Freistata (Sotho), Fuleyistata (Swazi), Foreistata (Tswana), iFreyistata (Xhosa), iFleyistata [class-5] (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-Free_State-en-name-23JkJB2G Disambiguation of State nicknames of the United States: 17 8 37 5 33 Disambiguation of 'province of South Africa': 93 1 6 1
  2. A nickname for Maryland.
    Sense id: en-Free_State-en-name-4ojd4DYl
  3. (Ireland, UK, historical) The Irish Free State. Tags: Ireland, UK, historical Categories (place): Maryland, USA, State nicknames of the United States
    Sense id: en-Free_State-en-name-GiUeNv4E Disambiguation of Maryland, USA: 16 14 40 4 26 Disambiguation of State nicknames of the United States: 17 8 37 5 33 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Sotho translations, Terms with Swazi translations, Terms with Tswana translations, Terms with Xhosa translations, Terms with Zulu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 81 7 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 2 93 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 2 82 7 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 2 84 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 16 4 70 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 4 75 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 4 79 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Sotho translations: 11 4 77 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swazi translations: 10 4 74 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Tswana translations: 10 5 75 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Xhosa translations: 4 5 82 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Zulu translations: 8 4 78 10
  4. (Ireland) Irish republican term for the present-day Republic of Ireland. Tags: Ireland
    Sense id: en-Free_State-en-name-QzlTgv35 Categories (other): Irish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: Free States [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Free State}} Free State (plural Free States)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of free state Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: free state Categories (place): State nicknames of the United States
    Sense id: en-Free_State-en-noun-NbsVr4oL Disambiguation of State nicknames of the United States: 17 8 37 5 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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