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tri-state

Or tri·state

[trahy-steyt]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or involving three adjoining states.

    a tri-state league.

  2. of, relating to, or involving the region where three states adjoin.

    the historic tristate mining district of southwest Missouri, southeast Kansas, and northeast Oklahoma.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of tri-state1

First recorded in 1895–1900; tri- + state

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