"blue state" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-blue state.ogg Forms: blue states [plural]
Etymology: Compound of blue + state. From the color blue representing the Democratic Party of the United States, and being a state (“subnational division, province”) that votes Democratic. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blue|state}} blue + state Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue state (plural blue states)
  1. (idiomatic, US politics) A state of the United States voting Democratic in a given election, or tending to vote Democratic in general. Wikipedia link: Red states and blue states Tags: US, idiomatic Categories (topical): US politics Related terms: green state, purple state, red state Translations (blue state in the United States): 藍州 (Chinese Mandarin), 蓝州 (lánzhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), État bleu [masculine] (French), 青い州 (aoi shū) (Japanese), រដ្ឋខៀវ (roat kʰiev) (Khmer), 파란 주 (paran ju) (Korean), tiểu bang xanh [US] (Vietnamese), bang xanh [Vietnam] (Vietnamese)

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