geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

IL, Illinois, Land of Lincoln, Prairie State - a Midwest state in north-central United States

Hoosier State, Indiana, IN - a state in midwestern United States

Hawkeye State, IA, Iowa - a state in midwestern United States

Kansas, KS, Sunflower State - a state in midwestern United States

Great Lakes State, Michigan, Wolverine State, MI - a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

Gopher State, Minnesota, North Star State, MN - a midwestern state

Missouri, Show Me State, MO - a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union

Cornhusker State, Nebraska, NE - a midwestern state on the Great Plains

Buckeye State, OH, Ohio - a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

Badger State, WI, Wisconsin - a midwestern state in north central United States