U.S. state

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concept

A U.S. state is a constituent political entity within the United States that possesses its own government, defined territory, and certain sovereign powers under the federal system established by the U.S. Constitution.

All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
U.S. state canonical 160
state of the United States 53
federated state 32

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: U.S. state
Generated description
A U.S. state is a constituent political entity within the United States that possesses its own government, defined territory, and certain sovereign powers under the federal system established by the U.S. Constitution.

Instances (231)

Instance Via concept surface
New Mexico
United States state of Missouri
surface form: Missouri
Oklahoma
Alawi constituent state
Texas (during tenure with Dallas Cowboys)
Saarland constituent state
Washington State, United States
surface form: Washington (state)
Federated Shan States federated state
Massachusetts
Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake, Wisconsin
surface form: State of Wisconsin
state of the United States
Scott D. Galvin
surface form: Massachusetts
state of the United States
William H. Doremus
surface form: New Jersey
state of the United States
Montana
U.S. state of Arizona
surface form: Arizona
Perak federated state
Smithville
surface form: California
state of the United States
William Van Tine
surface form: Michigan
New Hampshire and Vermont
surface form: New Hampshire
Kedah federated state
Weeks family (Massachusetts)
surface form: Massachusetts
Patrick Bryant
surface form: Mississippi
U.S. state of Georgia
surface form: Georgia
Kate Casey
surface form: Pennsylvania
state of the United States
Colorado
Lower Saxony constituent state
Union Hill, New Jersey, United States of America
surface form: New Jersey
state of the United States
canton of Geneva constituent state
Hesse, Germany
surface form: Hesse
constituent state of a country
Wyoming
Florida (during tenure with Florida Panthers)
surface form: Florida
The Corner
surface form: Michigan
John H. Berry
surface form: New Jersey
Elizabethtown City Cemetery
surface form: Kentucky
Thuringia constituent state
The Biggest Little Town in Texas
surface form: Texas
Olden
surface form: New Jersey
Jill Noel
surface form: California
state of the United States
Delaware
Geneva Cemetery, Geneva, Florida, United States
surface form: Florida
Virginia
Texas
John H. Jones
surface form: New Jersey
Florida
New York
354 Stockton Street
surface form: New Jersey
Iowa in the Civil War U.S. state in the American Civil War
2003 Chicago mayoral election
surface form: Illinois
Länder constituent state
entire state of Maryland
surface form: Maryland
Stockton Street and Bayard Lane
surface form: New Jersey