Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fifty-first state

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables: fifty--first s-tate
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A country or region regarded as under the control of the United States.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"“What he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy, because that’ll make it easier to annex us,” Mr. Trudeau said during a news conference on Tuesday. “That’s never going to happen. We will never be the 51st state.”"

Etymology

As though an addition to the existing fifty states of the USA.

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

fifty-first states (plural) 51st state (alternative)

Questions

What does fifty-first state mean?: A country or region regarded as under the control of the United States.
Where does fifty-first state come from?: As though an addition to the existing fifty states of the USA.

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