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Re:Four Million Commutes Reveal New U.S. 'Megaregions' by Symbiote on Sunday December 04, 2016 @03:03PM (#13101501)
The English word 'state' is accurate, and American usage is consistent with e.g. British.

Consider terms like "member states of the European Union", "sovereign state" and "head of state".

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Re:Four Million Commutes Reveal New U.S. 'Megaregions' by __derek__ on Sunday December 04, 2016 @03:21PM (#13101602)
You and I are talking about different things. My closing sentence could have been more explicit, e.g.:

> The American usage of the word 'state' to refer to the constituent members of its federal system is a relic of a time when they were effectively sovereign states.

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