buffer state

English

Noun

buffer state (plural buffer states)

1. (geopolitics) A nation lying between potentially hostile nations.
   • 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 249:

     The conflict was finally settled in 1828 with the creation of the buffer state of Uruguay, but the prestige of the emperor had suffered a further blow as a result of this reverse, as it was perceived.

Translations

nation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 緩衝國 / 缓冲国 (zh) (huǎnchōngguó), 缓冲国 (zh) (huǎnchōngguó)

• Dutch: bufferstaat (nl) m
• Finnish: puskurivaltio (fi)
• French: État tampon (fr)
• German: Pufferstaat (de) m
• Hebrew: מְדִינַת חַיִץ f
• Swedish: buffertstat (sv) c