state vs Free State

state and Free State both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
Free State	Yes	No	No	No

state (noun)	Free State (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Annapolis
a politically organized body of people under a single government	a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
the territory occupied by a nation
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
a state of depression or agitation
(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)

state (verb)	Free State (verb)
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