| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Thirteen Colonies |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Thir·teen Colonies |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  thûr-t n |
| The thirteen British colonies in North America that joined together to form the original states of the United States, including New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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