Sentence:  The term `` State '' means the several States , the District of Columbia , the Virgin Islands , Guam and Puerto Rico ; the term `` United States '' includes the several States and the District of Columbia , and excludes the Virgin Islands , <WSD>Guam</WSD> and Puerto Rico , and , prior to 1962 , Alaska and Hawaii . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898