"ethnostate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ethnostates [plural], ethno-state [alternative]
Etymology: From ethno- + state. Etymology templates: {{af|en|ethno-|state}} ethno- + state Head templates: {{en-noun}} ethnostate (plural ethnostates)
  1. A political unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group. Categories (topical): Nationalism Categories (place): Polities Derived forms: ethnostatism Related terms: nation-state Translations (political unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group): etnoestat (Catalan), 民族國家 /民族国家 (mínzú guójiā) (Chinese Mandarin), etnostat [common-gender] (Danish), etnoŝtato (Esperanto), etnovaltio (Finnish), ethno-état [masculine] (French), ეთნოსახელმწიფო (etnosaxelmc̣ipo) (Georgian), Ethnostaat [masculine] (German), 民族国家 (Japanese), 민족국가 (minjokgukga) (Korean), 단일민족국가 (danilminjokgukga) (Korean), etnoestado [masculine] (Portuguese), этногосударство (etnogosudarstvo) [neuter] (Russian), etnostato [masculine] (Spanish), etnostat [common-gender] (Swedish)

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