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blue state

blue state noun: a state of the United States voting Democratic in a given election, or tending to vote Democratic in general.

Noun

blue state (plural blue states)

  1. (US, idiomatic) A state of the United States voting Democratic in a given election, or tending to vote Democratic in general.

blue state meaning in Vietnamese

blue state in Vietnamese

blue state in the United States
tiểu bang xanh, bang xanh

Forms of blue state

pluralblue states

Origin of blue state

Compound of blue + state. From the color blue representing the Democratic Party of the United States, and being a state (“subnational division, province”) that votes Democratic.

Questions about blue state

What does blue state mean?
Blue state means a state of the United States voting Democratic in a given election, or tending to vote Democratic in general.
What is blue state in Vietnamese?
Blue state in Vietnamese is tiểu bang xanh, bang xanh. See Blue state meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is blue state?
Blue state is a noun.
What is the plural of blue state?
The plural of blue state is blue states.

Words near blue state in the dictionary

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  4. blue starter
  5. blue starters
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  8. blue straggler
  9. blue stragglers
  10. blue streak
  11. Blue Sucker

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