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megastate

megastate noun: a very large geopolitical state.

Noun

megastate (plural megastates)

  1. A very large geopolitical state.
    • […] the idea that a megastate like China or India might pass through a full-blown industrial revolution simply boggles the mind.2005, Paul Roberts, The end of oil: on the edge of a perilous new world
    • At the dawn of the millennium, it is the fourth largest in the country, a megastate that was among those introducing new words into the American vernacular […]2008, Gary R. Mormino, Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida

Forms of megastate

pluralmegastates

Origin of megastate

From mega- + state.

Questions about megastate

What does megastate mean?
Megastate means a very large geopolitical state.
What part of speech is megastate?
Megastate is a noun.
What is the plural of megastate?
The plural of megastate is megastates.

Words near megastate in the dictionary

  1. megass
  2. megasse
  3. megastar
  4. megastardom
  5. megastars
  6. megastate
  7. megastates
  8. megasthenic
  9. megastigmatrienone
  10. megastigmatrienones
  11. megastome

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