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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-microstate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: microstates [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English microstate From micro- + state. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|micro-|state|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English microstate [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "small", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "little", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*mey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μικρός", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "micro-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "condition", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "condition", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "state", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "setting up", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to stand", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*steh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*status", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "status", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "estat", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "stat", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "state", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "microstate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="microstate"> From micro- + state. Head templates: {{en-noun}} microstate (plural microstates)
  1. A country that has a very small population and land area. Translations (a very small country): دُوَيْلَة (duwayla) (Arabic), microestat [masculine] (Catalan), 微型國家 /微型国家 (wēixíng guójiā) (Chinese Mandarin), ministát [masculine] (Czech), státeček [masculine] (Czech), mikrostat [common-gender] (Danish), dwergstaat (Dutch), ministaat (Dutch), kääpiövaltio (Finnish), მიკროსახელმწიფო (miḳrosaxelmc̣ipo) (Georgian), მიკროქვეყანა (miḳrokveq̇ana) (Georgian), Zwergstaat [masculine] (German), マイクロ (maikuro) (Japanese), mikropaństwo [neuter] (Polish), microstat [neuter] (Romanian), ка́рликовое госуда́рство (kárlikovoje gosudárstvo) [neuter] (Russian), microestado [masculine] (Spanish), mikrostat [common-gender] (Swedish), จุลรัฐ (jun-lá-rát) (Thai), mikrodevlet (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-microstate-en-noun-sjDDOUBR Disambiguation of 'a very small country': 97 3
  2. (physics) The specific detailed microscopic configuration of a system. Translations (microscopic configuration): microestat [masculine] (Catalan), 微觀狀態 /微观状态 (wēiguān zhuàngtài) (Chinese Mandarin), mikrostav [masculine] (Czech), mikrotilstand [common-gender] (Danish), microtoestand [masculine] (Dutch), mikro-olosuhteet [plural] (Finnish), mikrostan [masculine] (Polish), микросостоя́ние (mikrosostojánije) [neuter] (Russian), microestado [masculine] (Spanish), mikrotillstånd [neuter] (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: microstate continuum
Categories (other): Government Disambiguation of Government: 0 0

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