Pinyin: zhōu English Definition: prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland) Chinese Definition: ①古代的一种行政区划，所辖地区的大小历代不同(后多用于地名)：州县。杭州。 ②中国一种民族自治行政区划：海南省黎族苗族自治州。 Example Words:
广州 [ guǎngzhōu ]: Guangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Guangdong; Canton
杭州 [ hángzhōu ]: Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China
贵州 [ guìzhōu ]: Guizhou province (Kweichow) in south central China, abbr. to 黔
苏州 [ sūzhōu ]: Suzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu
福州 [ fúzhōu ]: Fuzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian province in east China; formerly known as Foochow or Fuchow
I believe it is not only possible, but in fact easier to do this without deciding the legal question of whether these states have ever been out of the Union.
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