"nation-state" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nation-states [plural]
Etymology: Compound of nation + state. Coined c. 1890s under the influence of European languages; compare German Nationalstaat (from 1840s), Italian Stato-nazione (from 1860s). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|nation|state|pos=noun}} Compound of nation + state, {{circa2|1890s|short=1}} c. 1890s Head templates: {{en-noun}} nation-state (plural nation-states)
  1. (politics) A political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit. Wikipedia link: German language, Italian language Categories (topical): Politics Categories (place): Polities Synonyms: nation state Translations (polity): nasiestaat (Afrikaans), shteti komb (Albanian), دَوْلَة قَوْمِيَّة (alt: dawla(t) qawmiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ազգ պետություն (azg petutʻyun) (Armenian), milli dövlət (Azerbaijani), nazio-estatu (Basque), нацыянальная дзяржава (nacyjanalʹnaja dzjaržava) [feminine] (Belarusian), জাতিরাষ্ট্র (jatiraśṭro) (Bengali), национална държава (nacionalna dǎržava) [feminine] (Bulgarian), estat nació [masculine] (Catalan), 民族國家 (Chinese Mandarin), 民族国家 (mínzú guójiā) (Chinese Mandarin), národní stát [masculine] (Czech), nationalstat [common-gender] (Danish), natiestaat [masculine] (Dutch), nacio-ŝtato (Esperanto), rahvusriik (Estonian), kansallisvaltio (Finnish), État-nation [masculine] (French), estado-nación [masculine] (Galician), ერის სახელმწიფო (eris saxelmc̣ipo) (Georgian), Nationalstaat [masculine] (German), εθνικό κράτος (ethnikó krátos) [neuter] (Greek), מדינת לאום (m'dinát lóm) [masculine] (Hebrew), राष्ट्र-राज्य (rāṣṭra-rājya) (Hindi), nemzetállam (Hungarian), þjóðríki [neuter] (Icelandic), negara-bangsa (Indonesian), náisiúnstát [masculine] (Irish), Stato-nazione [masculine] (Italian), 国民国家 (kokumin-kokka) (alt: こくみん こっか) (Japanese), ꦤꦒꦫꦶ-ꦧꦁꦱ (nagari-bangsa) (Javanese), ұлттық мемлекет (ūlttyq memleket) (Kazakh), 국민 국가 (gungmin gukga) (Korean), nacionāla valsts [masculine] (Latvian), tautos valstybė [feminine] (Lithuanian), национална држава (nacionalna država) [feminine] (Macedonian), negara bangsa (Malay), nasjonalstat [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nasjonalstat [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), دولت ملی (dowlat melli) (Persian), państwo narodowe [neuter] (Polish), estado-nação [masculine] (Portuguese), ਕੌਮੀ ਰਾਜ (kaumī rāj) (Punjabi), stat național [neuter] (Romanian), национа́льное госуда́рство (nacionálʹnoje gosudárstvo) [neuter] (Russian), госуда́рство-на́ция (gosudárstvo-nácija) [neuter] (Russian), национална држава [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nacionalna država [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), národný štát [masculine] (Slovak), nacionalna država [feminine] (Slovene), estado-nación [masculine] (Spanish), nationalstat [common-gender] (Swedish), தேசிய அரசு (tēciya aracu) (Tamil), รัฐชาติ (rát-châat) (Thai), ulus devlet (Turkish), націона́льна держа́ва (nacionálʹna deržáva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), قومی ریاست (qaumi riyāsat) [feminine] (Urdu), quốc gia dân tộc (Vietnamese), cenedl-wladwriaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
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          "word": "国民国家"
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          "lang": "Javanese",
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          "word": "ਕੌਮੀ ਰਾਜ"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "code": "ta",
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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "rát-châat",
          "sense": "polity",
          "word": "รัฐชาติ"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "polity",
          "word": "ulus devlet"
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          "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "polity",
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      "roman": "nacyjanalʹnaja dzjaržava",
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      "tags": [
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      "roman": "jatiraśṭro",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "জাতিরাষ্ট্র"
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      "roman": "nacionalna dǎržava",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "национална държава"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "estat nació"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "民族國家"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mínzú guójiā",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "民族国家"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "polity",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "nacio-ŝtato"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "rahvusriik"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "kansallisvaltio"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "État-nation"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "estado-nación"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "eris saxelmc̣ipo",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "ერის სახელმწიფო"
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      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ethnikó krátos",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "m'dinát lóm",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "מדינת לאום"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "rāṣṭra-rājya",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "राष्ट्र-राज्य"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "nemzetállam"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "polity",
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      "word": "þjóðríki"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "negara-bangsa"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "náisiúnstát"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Stato-nazione"
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      "alt": "こくみん こっか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "国民国家"
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      "code": "jv",
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      "roman": "nagari-bangsa",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "ꦤꦒꦫꦶ-ꦧꦁꦱ"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ūlttyq memleket",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "ұлттық мемлекет"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gungmin gukga",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "국민 국가"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nacionāla valsts"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "polity",
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      "word": "tautos valstybė"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "nacionalna država",
      "sense": "polity",
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      "word": "национална држава"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "negara bangsa"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "polity",
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      "word": "nasjonalstat"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "polity",
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      "word": "nasjonalstat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dowlat melli",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "دولت ملی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "państwo narodowe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "estado-nação"
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    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "kaumī rāj",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "ਕੌਮੀ ਰਾਜ"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "stat național"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nacionálʹnoje gosudárstvo",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "национа́льное госуда́рство"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gosudárstvo-nácija",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "госуда́рство-на́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "национална држава"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "nacionalna država"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "národný štát"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "nacionalna država"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "estado-nación"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "polity",
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      "word": "nationalstat"
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tēciya aracu",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "தேசிய அரசு"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rát-châat",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "รัฐชาติ"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "ulus devlet"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nacionálʹna deržáva",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "націона́льна держа́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "qaumi riyāsat",
      "sense": "polity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "قومی ریاست"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "polity",
      "word": "quốc gia dân tộc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "polity",
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      "word": "cenedl-wladwriaeth"
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}

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