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corpus separatum

corpus separatum noun: a city or region which is given a special legal and political status different from its environment, but which falls short of being sovereign, or an independent city state.

Noun

corpus separatum (uncountable)

  1. A city or region which is given a special legal and political status different from its environment, but which falls short of being sovereign, or an independent city state.
    1. (historical) A proposed internationally-governed area encompassing the city of Jerusalem in the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

Origin of corpus separatum

Borrowed from Latin.

Questions about corpus separatum

What does corpus separatum mean?
Corpus separatum means a city or region which is given a special legal and political status different from its environment, but which falls short of being sovereign, or an independent city state.
What part of speech is corpus separatum?
Corpus separatum is a noun.

Words near corpus separatum in the dictionary

  1. corpus language
  2. corpus languages
  3. corpus linguistics
  4. corpus luteum
  5. corpus manager
  6. corpus separatum
  7. corpus spongiosum
  8. corpus striatum
  9. corpus vile
  10. corpusant
  11. corpusants

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