a state in the north-eastern US, on the Atlantic coast; pop. 8,682,661 (est. 2008); capital, Trenton. Colonized by Dutch settlers and ceded to Britain in 1664, it became one of the original thirteen states of the Union (1787).
新泽西州(美国东北部大西洋沿岸的一个州,2008年估计人口8,682,661,首府特伦顿;最初被荷兰殖民者占领,1664年割让给英国,1787年成为联邦最初13个州之一)。