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

In other languages and countries, similar names can be ''{{Wp|oblast}}'' (in [[:Category:Russia|Russia]]), and ''{{Wp|länder}}'' (plural ''{{Wp|Bundesländer}}'', in [[:Category:German|Germanic]]; specifically in Germany and Austria).  ''{{Wp|Canton (administrative division)|Canton}}'' (French origin, most commonly in Switzerland, also some Spanish countries), ''{{Wp|Department (administrative division)|department}}'' (French origin, and adopted by the Spanish), ''{{Wp|province}}'' (Roman origin, of the Roman Empire), ''{{Wp|prefecture}}'' (Latin origin, contemporaneous in Japan, China, and other countries), and ''{{Wp|territory}}'' (Canada and Australia) are other words describing the same.