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federal state en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A sovereign state that is a federation.
   • The United States of America, Canada, Australia and Switzerland are all federal states. Federalism combines unity with diversity. How Canadians Govern Themselveshttps://web.archive.org/web/20221010154559/https://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/senatoreugeneforsey/book/chapter_2-e.html, lop.parl.ca
   • The Republic of Austria is a Federal State composed of nine autonomous federal provinces. The Federal State of Austria | Austrian Parliament, parlament.gv.athttps://web.archive.org/web/20160407075539/https://www.parlament.gv.at/ENGL/PERK/BOE/
   • Near-synonyms: federation (usually synonymous); see also Thesaurus:federal country
2. A nonsovereign state that is part of a federation, especially part of Germany or Austria.
   • Administration in the Länder (provinces, or federal states) is the duty of the state governments, the Landesregierungen. The State Governments — Austria, austria.orghttps://www.austria.org/the-state-governments
   • Ceará is one of the federal states of Brazil and is located in the semi-arid northeast. 2003, Stephen Merrett, Water for Agriculturehttps://books.google.com/books?id=gQ1vG9UVGx0C&pg=PA33&dq=%22federal+states+of+Brazil%22
   • Since reunification in 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany has had 16 rather than just eleven Länder or federal states, the five new states being Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. Federal States of Germany, deutschland.dehttps://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/politics/germany-europe/federal-states
   • In this context, the integration of security committees in the federal states of Mexico with the highest incidence is promoted: Coahuila, Durango, State of Mexico, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Veracruz, ... 2020, OECD, Regulatory Governance of the Rail Sector in Mexicohttps://books.google.com/books?id=rOLODwAAQBAJ&pg=PA33&dq=%22federal+states+of+Mexico%22
   • New South Wales (NSW) is one of the six federal states of Australia. 2009, Stephan Huber, School Leadership - International Perspectives

Forms

Antonyms

confederation · unitary state

Relateds

federal subject · federal territory · federal district

Synonyms

federation · federal state · federation · federal country

Translations (39)

fi osavaltio (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · fr land (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · fr État fédéré (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · de Bundesstaat (sovereign state that is a federation) · sk spolková krajina (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · ko 련방주 (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · nb delstat (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · tr federe devlet (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · uk федера́льний штат (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · cmn 聯邦國家 /联邦国家 (sovereign state that is a federation) · ru федера́льная земля́ (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · ka ფედერალური სახელმწიფო (sovereign state that is a federation) · cs federativní stát (sovereign state that is a federation) · de Bundesland (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · sv delstat (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · uk федера́льна земля́ (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · ka ფედერალური მიწა (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · da delstat (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · es estado federado (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · ru федера́льный штат (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · be фэдэраты́ўная дзяржа́ва (sovereign state that is a federation) · hy դաշնային նահանգ (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · ar دَوْلَةٌ اِتِّحَادِيَّة (sovereign state that is a federation) · ar وِلَايَةٌ اِتِّحَادِيَّة (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · fr État fédéral (sovereign state that is a federation) · ja 連邦州 (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · cmn 聯邦州 /联邦州 (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · ko 연방주 (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · cs spolková země (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · pl państwo federalne (sovereign state that is a federation) · uk федерати́вна держа́ва (sovereign state that is a federation) · be федэраты́ўная дзяржа́ва (sovereign state that is a federation) · fi liittovaltio (sovereign state that is a federation) · ru федерати́вное госуда́рство (sovereign state that is a federation) · ka ფედერალური ქვეყანა (sovereign state that is a federation) · hi संघबद्ध राज्य (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · pl kraj związkowy (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · bg федера́лен щат (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation) · nl deelstaat (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation)