noun
1. a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑Jersey, ↑Garden State, ↑NJ
• Members of this Region: ↑Monmouth Court House, ↑Battle of Monmouth Court House, ↑Battle of Monmouth
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state
• Part Holonyms:
↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑Mid-Atlantic states
• Part Meronyms:
↑Atlantic City, ↑Trenton, ↑capital of New Jersey, ↑Bayonne, ↑Camden, ↑Jersey City, ↑Morristown, ↑Newark, ↑New Brunswick, ↑Paterson, ↑Princeton, ↑Cape May, ↑Ellis Island, ↑Delaware Bay
2. one of the British colonies that formed the United States
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Colony
Useful english dictionary. 2012.