federal state
federal state noun: a sovereign state that is a federation.
Noun
federal state (plural federal states)
- A sovereign state that is a federation.
- Near-synonyms: federation (usually synonymous); see also Thesaurus:federal country
- The United States of America, Canada, Australia and Switzerland are all federal states. Federalism combines unity with diversity.How Canadians Govern Themselveshttps://web.archive.org/web/20221010154559/https://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/senatoreugeneforsey/book/chapter_2-e.html, lop.parl.ca
- Synonyms:
- federation, federal country
- Antonyms:
- unitary state, confederation
- A nonsovereign state that is part of a federation, especially part of Germany or Austria.
- Ceará is one of the federal states of Brazil and is located in the semi-arid northeast.2003, Stephen Merrett, Water for Agriculturehttps://books.google.com/books?id=gQ1vG9UVGx0C&pg=PA33&dq=%22federal+states+of+Brazil%22
- New South Wales (NSW) is one of the six federal states of Australia.2009, Stephan Huber, School Leadership - International Perspectives
federal state meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Arabic
federal state in Hindi
- non-sovereign state that is part of a federation
- संघबद्ध राज्य saṅghbaddh rājya
federal state in Bengali
- federal state
- যুক্তরাষ্ট্র juktoraśṭro
federal state in Arabic
- sovereign state that is a federation
- دَوْلَةٌ اِتِّحَادِيَّة dawlatun ittiḥādiyya
- non-sovereign state that is part of a federation
- وِلَايَةٌ اِتِّحَادِيَّة wilāyatun ittiḥādiyya
Examples of federal state in a sentence
- The Republic of Austria is a Federal State composed of nine autonomous federal provinces.The Federal State of Austria | Austrian Parliament, parlament.gv.athttps://web.archive.org/web/20160407075539/https://www.parlament.gv.at/EN...
- In this context, the integration of security committees in the federal states of Mexico with the highest incidence is promoted: Coahuila, Durango, State of Mexico, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Veracruz, ...2020, OECD, Regulatory Governance of the Rail Sector in Mexicohttps://books.google.com/books?id=rOLODwAAQBAJ&pg=PA33&dq=%22federal+states+of...
- Administration in the Länder (provinces, or federal states) is the duty of the state governments, the Landesregierungen.The State Governments — Austria, austria.orghttps://www.austria.org/the-state-governments
Synonyms of federal state
- federation
- federal country
Antonyms
Forms of federal state
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Questions about federal state
- What does federal state mean?
- Federal state means a sovereign state that is a federation.
- What is federal state in Hindi?
- Federal state in Hindi is संघबद्ध राज्य (saṅghbaddh rājya). See Federal state meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use federal state in a sentence?
- The Republic of Austria is a Federal State composed of nine autonomous federal provinces.
- What part of speech is federal state?
- Federal state is a noun.
- What is the plural of federal state?
- The plural of federal state is federal states.
Words near federal state in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: federal state (page history and authors); যুক্তরাষ্ট্র (Bengali) (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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