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"AMERICAN STATES" is a plural of: american state. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | American States The Americans are rich in nicknames. Every state has, or has had, its sobriquet. The people of: American States The eight states which retain the Indian names of the chief rivers, as: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: AMERICAN STATES |
| English words defined with "AMERICAN STATES": Pam American Union. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "AMERICAN STATES": CIENES ♦ Father of his Country ♦ HANGMAN ♦ IASI. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Guatemala | In April 2000, the Organization for American States (OAS) Special Rapporteur on the Freedom of Expression Santiago Canton visited the country. (references) |
Honduras | According to Amnesty International and national human rights groups, in April Thelma Mejia was forced to resign as editor of El Heraldo, allegedly for participating in a delegation to the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression at the Organization of American States (OAS). (references) | |
Colombia | In July Organization of American States (OAS) Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression Santiago Canton called for the effective investigation of continuing murders of journalists, and said that violence against journalists places at serious risk the right to freedom of expression and information of all citizens. (references) | |
Economic History | Cuba (09/01) | In January 1962, the Organization of American States (OAS) suspended Cuba. (references) |
Trinidad and Tobago | In 1967, it became the first Commonwealth country to join the Organization of American States (OAS). (references) | |
St. Lucia | St. Lucia is a member of the Commonwealth, the Organization of American States, and the United Nations. (references) | |
Human Rights | Belize | Both Governments asked the Organization of American States (OAS) to investigate the killings. (references) |
Panama | In June an Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IACHR) delegation traveled to the country to assess the human rights situation. (references) | |
Political Economy | Haiti | President Aristide was sworn in on February 7. During the first half of the year, the international community, including the Organization of American States (OAS), and the country's civil society mediated discussions between the FL and the opposition Democratic Convergence; however, negotiations were not successful and talks were suspended in July following armed attacks on several police stations by unidentified gunmen. (references) |
Political Rights | Paraguay | International observers from the Organization of American States (OAS) characterized the August 2000 vice-presidential elections as free and fair. (references) |
Venezuela | On July 30, 2000, in voting that observers from the Organization of American States and various countries judged to be generally free and fair, voters elected President Chavez again, with 59 percent of the vote. (references) | |
Peru | The democracy dialog sponsored by the Organization of American States (OAS), which began in response to these elections and intensified after former President Fujimori's resignation, officially ended in January when OAS Secretary General Cesar Gaviria dissolved the talks. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HANGMAN, n. An officer of the law charged with duties of the highest dignity and utmost gravity, and held in hereditary disesteem by a populace having a criminal ancestry. In some of the American States his functions are now performed by an electrician, as in New Jersey, where executions by electricity have recently been ordered -- the first instance known to this lexicographer of anybody questioning the expediency of hanging Jerseymen. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | With the remaining powers of Europe, with those on the coast of Barbary, and with all the new South American States our relations are of a friendly character. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The negotiation of similar treaties with all of the independent South American States has been contemplated and may yet be accomplished. |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | American States Water Company |
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Expression using "AMERICAN STATES": organization of american states. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "AMERICAN STATES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
French | Organisation des Etats d'Amérique centrale (Organization of Central American States), Organisation des Etats centro-américains (Organization of Central American States), OEAC (Organization of Central American States), ODEAC (Organization of Central American States), O.D.E.C.A. (Organization of Central American States). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | Organizzazione degli Stati Centro-Americani (OCAS, Organization of Central American States), ODECA (OCAS, Organization of Central American States). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | americanay atesstay Organização dos Estados da América Central (OCAS, Organization of Central American States), Organização dos Estados Centro-Americanos (OCAS, Organization of Central American States), organização dos estados americanos (oea, organization of american states), OEAC (OCAS, Organization of Central American States), ODECA (OCAS, Organization of Central American States). (various references) organización de los estados americanos (organization of american states), Organización de Estados Centroamericanos (ocas), ODECA (OCAS, Organization of Central American States). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-e-e-i-m-n-r-s-s-t-t" | |
-3 letters: martensites, remittances, tetracaines. | |
-4 letters: ancestries, ascertains, caesareans, caesarians, caseinates, catenaries, certainest, creaminess, emittances, estaminets, intercaste, intersects, marcasites, martensite, masseteric, masticates, miscreants, miscreates, reanimates, reinstates, remittance, resistance, sacraments, samaritans, sectarians, streamiest, tarantases, tarantisms, tearstains, terminates, tetracaine. | |
-5 letters: acariases, acierates, amnesiacs, amnesties, animaters, anisettes, anteaters, antimeres, arsenates, arsenites, ascertain, astatines, attainers, caesarean, caesarian, canisters, caritases. | |
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