free state Definition

a state of the U.S. in which slavery was prohibited before the Civil War

province of the east central part of the Republic of South Africa between the Orange and Vaal rivers and bordering Lesotho area 49,992 square miles (129,480 square kilometers), population 2,745,590

river 2900 miles (4666 kilometers) long in central Africa flowing north, west, and southwest into the Atlantic at the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola

country in central Africa comprising most of the Congo River basin east of the lower Congo River and crossed by the Equator; capital Kinshasa area 905,355 square miles (2,344,858 square kilometers), population 85,281,000

country in west central Africa west of the lower Congo River and crossed by the Equator; capital Brazzaville area 132,047 square miles (342,000 square kilometers), population 5,062,000

island in western Europe in the Atlantic, one of the British Isles area 32,052 square miles (83,015 square kilometers)

country occupying the major portion of the island of Ireland; has been a republic since 1949; was a division of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801—1921 and (as the Irish Free State) a dominion of the Commonwealth of Nations 1922—37; capital Dublin area 27,133 square miles (70,273 square kilometers), population 5,068,000 —The people of Ireland are collectively referred to as the Irish. Irishmen and Irishwomen are also commonly used, especially when gender is being specified. Infrequently used are the terms Irelanders and Irishers.