Save. pidgin /ËpÉªÊ¤Én/ noun. plural pidgins. pidgin. /ËpÉªÊ¤Én/. noun. plural pidgins. Learner's definition of PIDGIN. [count, noncount]. : a language that is formed from a mixture of several languages when speakers of different languages need to talk to each other â often used before another noun. linguists studying pidgin languages around the world. He spoke to me in Pidgin English. [=English mixed with words from other languages].
The United States of America (USA), commonly referred to as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
As of 2014, there are 50 states in the United States. The idea there are 52 states comes from the mistaken belief that the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are states. Puerto Rico has held nonbinding referendum votes four times since 1967.