"Free State" meaning in English

See Free State in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Free State [canonical]
Etymology: Proprialisation of free state. Head templates: {{en-prop|head=Free State|the=1}} the Free State
  1. A province of South Africa. Capital: Bloemfontein, formerly Orange Free State. Categories (place): Places in South Africa, Provinces of South Africa Translations (province of South Africa): Vrystaat (Afrikaans), Estat Lliure [masculine] (Catalan), 自由邦 (Zìyóubāng) (Chinese Mandarin), Liberŝtato (Esperanto), Vapaavaltio (Finnish), Freistata (Sotho), Fuleyistata (Swazi), Foreistata (Tswana), iFreyistata (Xhosa), iFleyistata [class-5] (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-Free_State-en-name-23JkJB2G Categories (other): Free State, South Africa Disambiguation of 'province of South Africa': 91 4 5 1
  2. Nickname for Maryland: a state of the United States. Categories (place): Places in the United States, States of the United States
    Sense id: en-Free_State-en-name-2dgfdT72 Categories (other): Maryland, USA, Nicknames for states of the United States
  3. (Ireland, UK, historical) The Irish Free State. Tags: Ireland, UK, historical
    Sense id: en-Free_State-en-name-GiUeNv4E 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 Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin 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 10 72 7 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 5 90 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 11 76 7 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 11 77 7 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 15 19 60 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 19 63 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 10 20 63 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 1 15 74 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 14 75 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Sotho translations: 10 20 63 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swazi translations: 10 19 63 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Tswana translations: 10 20 63 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Xhosa translations: 1 16 75 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Zulu translations: 9 18 66 7
  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

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
    Sense id: en-Free_State-en-noun-4~PtRWRy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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