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first state

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.61 in modern English

Syllables
first s-tate
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Official nickname for Delaware: a state of the United States.

Etymology

So nicknamed because Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, although it was the last of the Thirteen Colonies to establish itself as a state.

Inflected Forms

the First State (canonical)

Questions

What does first state mean?
Official nickname for Delaware: a state of the United States.
Where does first state come from?
So nicknamed because Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, although it was the last of the Thirteen Colonies to establish itself as a state.

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