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bistate

bistate adjective: spanning two states.

Adjective

bistate (not comparable)

  1. Spanning two states
    • The legislation, which also allows for expansion at an airport in New Jersey, was needed under the rules that created the Port Authority, a bistate agency run by New York and New Jersey that controls the region’s biggest airports.2007 May 4, The Associated Press, “Trenton Codey Approves Airport Plan”, in New York Times

Origin of bistate

From bi- + state.

Questions about bistate

What does bistate mean?
Bistate means spanning two states.
What part of speech is bistate?
Bistate is an adjective.

Words near bistate in the dictionary

  1. bistables
  2. bistably
  3. bistar
  4. bistars
  5. Bistas
  6. bistate
  7. bistatic
  8. bistatistics
  9. bisteeya
  10. bisteeyas
  11. bistek

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