sovereign state
sovereign state noun: a state (country) which has sovereignty over a defined geographic area, is independent of any other country, and has its own government.
Noun
sovereign state (plural sovereign states)
- A state (country) which has sovereignty over a defined geographic area, is independent of any other country, and has its own government.
- Estonia has declared itself a sovereign state and is drafting ambitious plans for economic autonomy.1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 604
- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has demonstrated that physical aggression against a sovereign state is a real danger.2022 July 1, The Japan Times Editorial Board, “Groundbreaking NATO summit means work for Japan”, in The Japan Times, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2022, Editorials
- Synonyms:
- country, sovereign country
sovereign state meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
sovereign state in Hindi
- completely independent state
- संप्रभु राज्य samprabhu rājya
sovereign state in Urdu
- a sovereign state
- ریاست riyāsat
sovereign state in Bengali
- a sovereign state
- রিয়াসত riẏaśot
sovereign state in Kannada
- ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ, ಸರ್ವಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ರಾಜ್ಯ
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- sovereign state in Punjabi
- ਰਿਆਸਤ riāsat
- sovereign state in Tagalog
- higpunong banwa
- sovereign state in Malay
- negara berdaulat
- sovereign state in Indonesian
- negara berdaulat
- sovereign state in Thai
- รัฐเอกราช rát-èek-gà-râat
- sovereign state in Vietnamese
- quốc gia có chủ quyền, quốc gia độc lập
Synonyms of sovereign state
- country
- sovereign country
Forms of sovereign state
| plural | sovereign states |
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Words formed from sovereign state
Questions about sovereign state
- What does sovereign state mean?
- Sovereign state means a state (country) which has sovereignty over a defined geographic area, is independent of any other country, and has its own government.
- What is sovereign state in Hindi?
- Sovereign state in Hindi is संप्रभु राज्य (samprabhu rājya). See Sovereign state meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sovereign state?
- Sovereign state is a noun.
- What is the plural of sovereign state?
- The plural of sovereign state is sovereign states.
Words near sovereign state in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sovereign state (page history and authors); ریاست (Urdu) (page history and authors); রিয়াসত (Bengali) (page history and authors); sovereign state (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਰਿਆਸਤ (Punjabi) (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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