Sentence:  The term `` State '' means the several <WSD>States</WSD> , 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 , Guam and Puerto Rico , and , prior to 1962 , Alaska and Hawaii . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation