Rhode Island, the ___ State (5)

I believe the answer is:

ocean

(Other definitions for ocean that I've seen before include "Huge body of water" , "Main" , "Vast quantity of liquid" , "lot of liquid" , "Huge sea" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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