"Free State" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Proprialisation of free state. Etymology templates: {{m|en|free state}} 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, Maryland, USA, State nicknames of the United States Translations (province of South Africa): Vrystaat (Afrikaans), Vapaavaltio (Finnish), Freistata (Sotho), Fuleyistata (Swazi), Foreistata (Tswana), iFreyistata (Xhosa), iFleyistata (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-Free_State-en-name-23JkJB2G Disambiguation of Maryland, USA: 20 13 30 8 29 Disambiguation of State nicknames of the United States: 20 9 34 8 29 Disambiguation of 'province of South Africa': 92 1 5 2
  2. A nickname for Maryland. Categories (place): Maryland, USA
    Sense id: en-Free_State-en-name-4ojd4DYl Disambiguation of Maryland, USA: 20 13 30 8 29
  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: 20 13 30 8 29 Disambiguation of State nicknames of the United States: 20 9 34 8 29 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 3 66 20 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 4 62 19 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 3 67 20 7 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 4 64 21 6
  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 Categories (place): Maryland, USA, State nicknames of the United States
    Sense id: en-Free_State-en-noun-NbsVr4oL Disambiguation of Maryland, USA: 20 13 30 8 29 Disambiguation of State nicknames of the United States: 20 9 34 8 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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