Category:State

Category: State — in terms, a ' (), or specifically a ' is a common term used to typically describe the primary or first major geographical and administrative sub-division of a  or. Commonly (though not exclusively) used in -speaking nations, the most well-known use of the term state is in the United States of America; with India and Australia also being primary users of the term.

In other languages and, similar names can be: ' (in Russia), and ' (plural , in Germanic; specifically in Germany and Austria). ' (French origin, most commonly in Switzerland, also some Spanish-speaking countries), ' (French origin, and adopted by the Spanish), ' (Roman origin, of the Roman Empire, Canada), ' (Latin origin, contemporaneous in Japan, China, and other countries), and  (Australia and Canada) are other words describing the same.