"vassal state" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vassal states [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vassal state (plural vassal states)
  1. A state that is subordinate to another; government chiefly directed by the interests of an overlord or patron state. Wikipedia link: vassal state Categories (topical): Feudalism Categories (place): Polities Translations (state that is subordinate to another): 附庸國 (Chinese Mandarin), 附庸国 (fùyōngguó) (Chinese Mandarin), 諸侯國 (english: under a feudal system) (Chinese Mandarin), 诸侯国 (zhūhóuguó) (Chinese Mandarin), 藩屬國 (Chinese Mandarin), 藩属国 (fānshǔguó) (Chinese Mandarin), 屬國 (Chinese Mandarin), 属国 (shǔguó) (Chinese Mandarin), vasallivaltio (Finnish), État vassal [masculine] (French), ვასალური სახელმწიფო (vasaluri saxelmc̣ipo) (Georgian), Vasallenstaat [masculine] (German), vazallus állam (Hungarian), fostát [masculine] (Irish), 付庸国 (fuyōkoku) (alt: ふようこく) (Japanese), estado vassalo (Portuguese), васса́льное госуда́рство (vassálʹnoje gosudárstvo) [neuter] (Russian), estado vasallo [masculine] (Spanish), vasallstat [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "state that is subordinate to another",
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      "word": "васса́льное госуда́рство"
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