Free State of Jones
English
proper-noun
Definitions
- (historical) An unrecognized country that existed from 1863 to 1865, when Jones County, Covington County, Bainbridge County and portions of others, of the state of Mississippi, seceded from the Confederate States of America, and attempted to ally with the Union.
Etymology
Compound from English free state + English Jones.
Origin
English
Jones
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Free-Stater English
- Jones English
- Jonesboro English
- Joneser English
- Jonesian English
- Jonestown English
- Jonesville English
- Jonesy English
- free state English
- Jones French
- Jones Cebuano
- 瓊斯 Chinese