tri-state

or tri·state

[ trahy-steyt ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or involving three adjoining states:

   a tri-state league.

2. of, relating to, or involving the region where three states adjoin:

   the historic tristate mining district of southwest Missouri, southeast Kansas, and northeast Oklahoma.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tri-state¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; tri- + state

Example Sentences

It was the fall of 2012, and Hurricane Sandy had just devastated the Tri-State area.

From The Daily Beast

Manhattan was the patient groom in my unspoken arranged marriage, the implicit goal of any tri-state suburban childhood.

From The Daily Beast

And so I have volunteered for duty as recording secretary of the Tri-State Metro Area Chapter of the caucus.

From The Daily Beast

But why is New Jersey stagnating compared to its tri-state neighbors?

From The Daily Beast

Spindel quotes her initial fee as “$50,000 in the tri-state area.”

From The Daily Beast

At last all the Tri-state chairs were filled while there remained two vacant places on the side of the Rest of the World.

From Project Gutenberg

It took only a minute to bring trouble, for a Tri-state woman went down on "typographical."

From Project Gutenberg

I wish you would join our new society which has superseded Tri-State in this territory.

From Project Gutenberg

The Tri-State Agency has an excellent house-haunting department.

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