"federal state" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: federal states [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} federal state (plural federal states)
  1. A sovereign state that is a federation. Synonyms: federal country Translations (sovereign state that is a federation): federativní stát [masculine] (Czech), liittovaltio (Finnish), État fédéral [masculine] (French), ფედერალური სახელმწიფო (pederaluri saxelmc̣ipo) (Georgian), ფედერალური ქვეყანა (pederaluri kveq̇ana) (Georgian), Bundesstaat [masculine] (German), państwo federalne [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-federal_state-en-noun-z8y8pSQR Disambiguation of 'sovereign state that is a federation': 88 12
  2. A non-sovereign state that is part of a federation, especially part of Germany or Austria. Translations (non-sovereign state that is part of a federation): spolková země [feminine] (Czech), osavaltio (Finnish), État fédéré [masculine] (French), Bundesland [neuter] (German), kraj związkowy [masculine] (Polish), spolková krajina [feminine] (Slovak), estado federado (Spanish)
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          "ref": "How Canadians Govern Themselveshttps://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/senatoreugeneforsey/book/chapter_2-e.html, lop.parl.ca",
          "text": "The United States of America, Canada, Australia and Switzerland are all federal states. Federalism combines unity with diversity."
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          "text": "Ceará is one of the federal states of Brazil and is located in the semi-arid northeast."
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          "ref": "2009, Stephan Huber, School Leadership - International Perspectives",
          "text": "New South Wales (NSW) is one of the six federal states of Australia."
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          "ref": "2020, OECD, Regulatory Governance of the Rail Sector in Mexicohttps://books.google.com/books?id=rOLODwAAQBAJ&pg=PA33&dq=%22federal+states+of+Mexico%22",
          "text": "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, ..."
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          "ref": "Federal States of Germany, deutschland.dehttps://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/politics/germany-europe/federal-states",
          "text": "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."
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          "ref": "The State Governments — Austria, austria.orghttps://www.austria.org/the-state-governments",
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