"middle power" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: middle powers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} middle power (plural middle powers)
  1. (international relations) A sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower, but still has moderate influence and international recognition. Derived forms: creative middle power Translations (a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower): قُوَّة وُسْطَى (alt: quwwa(t) wusṭā) [feminine] (Arabic), 中等強國 /中等强国 (zhōngděng qiángguó) (Chinese Mandarin), mellemmagt [common-gender] (Danish), middelgrote mogendheid [feminine] (Dutch), moyenne puissance [feminine] (French), Mittelstaat [masculine] (German), μεσαία δύναμη (mesaía dýnami) [feminine] (Greek), הַשְׁפָּעָה בֵּינוֹנִית (hashepa'ah beinonit) [feminine] (Hebrew), középhatalom (Hungarian), kekuatan menengah (Indonesian), media potenza [feminine] (Italian), ミドルパワー (midorupawā) (Japanese), 미들 파워 (mideul pawo) (Korean), قدرت متوسط (qodrat-e motavasset) (Persian), średnie mocarstwo [neuter] (Polish), média potência [feminine] (Portuguese), средняя держа́ва (srednjaja deržáva) [feminine] (Russian), potencia intermedia [feminine] (Spanish), ประเทศอำนาจปานกลาง (bprà-têet-am-nâat-bpaan-glaang) (Thai), orta güç (Turkish), сере́дня держа́ва (serédnja deržáva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), trung cường quốc (Vietnamese), cường quốc bậc trung (Vietnamese)

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          "alt": "quwwa(t) wusṭā",
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          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
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          "word": "قُوَّة وُسْطَى"
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          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
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          "word": "moyenne puissance"
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          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
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          "word": "Mittelstaat"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "mesaía dýnami",
          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "μεσαία δύναμη"
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          "code": "he",
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          "roman": "hashepa'ah beinonit",
          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
          "word": "középhatalom"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
          "word": "kekuatan menengah"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
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          "word": "media potenza"
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          "roman": "midorupawā",
          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
          "word": "ミドルパワー"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "roman": "mideul pawo",
          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
          "word": "미들 파워"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
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          "roman": "qodrat-e motavasset",
          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
          "word": "قدرت متوسط"
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
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          "word": "średnie mocarstwo"
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          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
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          "word": "média potência"
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          "roman": "srednjaja deržáva",
          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
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          "word": "potencia intermedia"
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          "roman": "bprà-têet-am-nâat-bpaan-glaang",
          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
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          "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
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      "sense": "a sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower",
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