Confederate States

Definitions of Confederate States
  1. noun
    the group of 11 Southern states that broke away from the United States in 1860–61, before the Civil War
    synonyms: Confederacy, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South
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    geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
    a demarcated area of the Earth
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