State and Town

State

State noun - A body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government.

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Town and state are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Town" instead a noun "State".

Town noun - A thickly settled, highly populated area.

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State and town are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "State" instead a noun "Town".

Nearby Words: township, townsman

human	human state	human town
normal	normal state	normal town
perfect	perfect state	perfect town
original	original state	original town
Other adjectives: dead, single, poor, small, entire, former, final, next, last, different, modern, southern.

Prior to events like the French Revolution, the concept of having a unified strength and loyalty towards your nation rather than your town or state would have been seen as rather silly.

Source: Newer Than They Think
Following his mom's philosophy, Forrest starts giving money to various projects in his town and state, like renovating their town church or founding a new hospital department.

Source: Film / Forrest Gump
Taking a commercial flight to visit another town or state within the same country is very normal; even between cities in the same state is not unknown, though mostly just Texas note Houston or Dallas to El Paso is about the same as Paris to Vienna, though hardly as scenic.

Source: National Stereotypes / North America

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