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51st state

51st state is the alternative form of fifty-first state.

Meaning of fifty-first state

Noun

fifty-first state (plural fifty-first states)

  1. (derogatory) A country or region regarded as under the control of the United States.
    • “What he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy, because that’ll make it easier to annex us,” Mr. Trudeau said during a news conference on Tuesday. “That’s never going to happen. We will never be the 51st state.”2025 March 4, Alan Rappeport, Ana Swanson, quoting Justin Trudeau, “Trump’s Latest Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Could Be His Biggest Gamble”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of 51st state

plural51st states

Questions about 51st state

What is 51st state the alternative form of?
51st state is the alternative form of fifty-first state.

Words near 51st state in the dictionary

  1. 5150ed
  2. 5150ing
  3. 5150s
  4. 5160
  5. 51st
  6. 51st state
  7. 52 pickup
  8. 52-card pickup
  9. 52100
  10. 527
  11. 527s

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