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Rhode Island
/ˌroʊd ˈaɪlənd/
Definition
1
The smallest U.S. state by land area, located in New England on the northeastern Atlantic coast, officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
2
An island (Aquidneck Island) in Narragansett Bay, from which the state derives its name, though the state encompasses more territory.
Examples
Rhode Island may be tiny, but its clam chowder game is disproportionately massive.
He bragged about his road trip until I mentioned Rhode Island: proof that good things come in small packages.
In Rhode Island, they measure state pride not in miles, but in miles of coastline per capita.
Forget Texas; Rhode Island invented the state-sized superiority complex.