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blue state

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English

Syllables
blue s-tate
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A state of the United States voting Democratic in a given election, or tending to vote Democratic in general.

American usage

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

blue states (plural)

Phrases

green state purple state red state

Frequently Paired Words

green state purple state red state

Questions

What does blue state mean?
A state of the United States voting Democratic in a given election, or tending to vote Democratic in general.
Where does blue state come from?
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.

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