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micronations

micronations is the plural of micronation.

Meaning of micronation

Noun (1)

micronation (plural micronations)

  1. A non-autonomous entity that claims to be a sovereign state and mimics the actions of a state (with varying degrees of seriousness), but lacks any legal recognition and exists only on paper or in the mind of its creator; a micronational entity.
    • For every dreamer there is somewhere a doer, and in the realm [of] the strange micro-nations, the Republic of Minerva has plunged a bit ahead of the nebulous status of most others.1973 March 11, Philip J. Hilts, “Micro-nations Nebulous Fourth World”, in Lansing State Journal, page C-5
  2. Synonym of microstate (“a country that has a very small population and land area”).
    • Also, since Nigeria is the cornerstone of the economy of West Africa, many countries around its perimeter will suffer, including many of the "micro-nations" of the U.N. which were the biggest supporters of the actions in The Congo and Rhodesia.1967 June 11, T. W. Carlson, “U.N. Should Act to Save Nigeria”, in Star Tribune, page 45
    Synonyms:
    microstate

Noun (2)

micronation (plural micronations)

  1. (uncommon) A small nation (“historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and manifested in a common culture”).
    • Careful groundwork had given Germany a highly unified micronation within the boundaries of Argentina, in many ways better prepared and better organized than the Argentine nation itself.1943, Sax[tone] E. Bradford, The Battle for Buenos Aires, Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 95

Phrases with micronations

Questions about micronations

What is micronations the plural of?
Micronations is the plural of micronation.

Words near micronations in the dictionary

  1. micronationball
  2. micronationballs
  3. micronationdom
  4. micronationhood
  5. micronationry
  6. micronations
  7. micronebulizer
  8. micronebulizers
  9. micronecroses
  10. micronecrosis
  11. micronecrotic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: micronations (page history and authors); micronation (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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