nation-state
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nation-state
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Compound of nation + state. Coined c. 1890s under the influence of European languages; compare German Nationalstaat (from 1840s), Italian Stato-nazione (from 1860s).
noun nation-states · nation state
- A political entity (a state) associated with a common national identity (historically, culturally, or ethnically; as with a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit. Two years on, and while the Sultan of Slowjamastan has instigated more than a few bizarre laws (he’s outlawed the wearing of Crocs, for example), the Republic also has all the trappings of a fledgling nation-state. It issues its own passports, flies its own flag, prints its own currency (“the duble”
- Any independent political state; a country.
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noun polity
| Español | estado-nación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 국민 국가 gungmin gukga |
| 日本語 | 国民国家 kokumin-kokka |
| 中文 | 民族國家 /民族国家 mínzú guójiā |
| हिन्दी | राष्ट्र-राज्य rāṣṭra-rājya |
| Português | estado-nação |
| Français | État-nation |
| Deutsch | Nationalstaat |
| Italiano | Stato-nazione |
| Ελληνικά | εθνικό κράτος ethnikó krátos |
| Română | stat național |
| Русский | национа́льное госуда́рство nacionálʹnoje gosudárstvo, госуда́рство-на́ция gosudárstvo-nácija |
| Tiếng Việt | quốc gia dân tộc |
| العربية | دَوْلَة قَوْمِيَّة |
| עברית | מדינת לאום m'dinát lóm |
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