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New Jerseyan

New Jersey

noun
a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast. 7,364,158; 7836 sq. mi. (20,295 sq. km). Capital: Trenton. Abbreviation: NJ (for use with zip code), N.J.
New Jer·sey·ite [jur-zee-ahyt] , New Jer·sey·an, noun
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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New Jersey definition


State in the northeastern United States, bordered by New York to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Delaware Bay to the south and west, and Pennsylvania to the west. Its capital is Trenton, and its largest city is Newark.

Note: One of the thirteen colonies.
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