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federal government

federal government noun: any of several forms of government of federations.

Noun

federal government (countable and uncountable, plural federal governments)

  1. Any of several forms of government of federations.
  2. (US) The national government of the United States, in contrast to government at the state or local level.
    Synonyms:
    fedgov
  3. (Canada, Pakistan) The national governments of Canada and Pakistan, in contrast to government at the provincial or territorial level.
  4. (Australia, Malaysia, Nigeria) The national governments of Australia, Malaysia, and Nigeria, in contrast to government at the state or territorial level.

federal government meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog

federal government in Hindi

general term for a federal government
संघीय सरकार saṅghīya sarkār

federal government in Tamil

கூட்டரசு, கூட்டிணை அரசு, கூட்டிணைவரசு, மத்திய அரசாங்கம்

federal government in Bengali

general term for a federal government
ফেডারেল সরকার pheḍarel śorkar

federal government in Tagalog

general term for a federal government
pamahalaang pederal
More languagesFewer languages
federal government in Arabic
حُكُومَة اَلاِتِّحَادِيَّة
federal government in Malay
pemerintah persekutuan, kerajaan persekutuan
federal government in Indonesian
pemerintah federal
federal government in Persian
حکومت فدرال hokumat federâl
federal government in Thai
รัฐบาลกลาง rát-tà-baan-glaang
federal government in Vietnamese
chính quyền liên bang

Synonyms of federal government

Forms of federal government

pluralfederal governments

Questions about federal government

What does federal government mean?
Federal government means any of several forms of government of federations.
What is federal government in Hindi?
Federal government in Hindi is संघीय सरकार (saṅghīya sarkār). See Federal government meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is federal government?
Federal government is a noun.
What is the plural of federal government?
The plural of federal government is federal governments.

Words near federal government in the dictionary

  1. federal councils
  2. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
  3. Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
  4. federal district
  5. federal districts
  6. federal government
  7. federal governments
  8. Federal Intelligence Service
  9. federal law
  10. federal laws
  11. federal municipalities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: federal government (page history and authors); federal government (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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