Meanings
adjectivebistate (not comparable)
- not comparableSpanning two states
The legislation, which also allows for expansion at an airport in New Jersey, was needed under the rules that created the Port Authority, a bistate agency run by New York and New Jersey that controls the region’s biggest airports.
2007 May 4, The Associated Press, “Trenton Codey Approves Airport Plan”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Italic*dwi-
- Latinbi-
- Englishbi-
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
- Proto-Italic*status
- Latinstatu
- Old Frenchestat
- Middle Englishstat
- Englishstate
- Englishbistate
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Cite this entry
APA
bistate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bistate
MLA
“bistate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bistate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bistate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bistate.
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