federal state
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]federal state (plural federal states)
- A sovereign state that is a federation.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:federal country
- Antonyms: unitary state, confederation
- How Canadians Govern Themselves[1], lop.parl.ca:
- The United States of America, Canada, Australia and Switzerland are all federal states. Federalism combines unity with diversity.
- The Federal State of Austria | Austrian Parliament, parlament.gv.at[2]:
- The Republic of Austria is a Federal State composed of nine autonomous federal provinces.
- A non-sovereign state that is part of a federation, especially part of Germany or Austria.
- 2003, Stephen Merrett, Water for Agriculture[3]:
- Ceará is one of the federal states of Brazil and is located in the semi-arid northeast.
- 2009, Stephan Huber, School Leadership - International Perspectives:
- New South Wales (NSW) is one of the six federal states of Australia.
- 2020, OECD, Regulatory Governance of the Rail Sector in Mexico[4]:
- 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, ...
- Federal States of Germany, deutschland.de[5]:
- Since reunification in 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany has had 16 rather than just eleven Länder or federal states, the five new states being Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
- The State Governments — Austria, austria.org[6]:
- Administration in the Länder (provinces, or federal states) is the duty of the state governments, the Landesregierungen.
- 2003, Stephen Merrett, Water for Agriculture[3]:
Usage notes
[edit]- The German states seem to be much more often referred to as federal states than federated states.[1][2] The situation with Austrian states is similar; for Austria, the term federal province also sees some use.[3][4]
Translations
[edit]sovereign state that is a federation
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non-sovereign state that is part of a federation
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References
[edit]- ^ federated states of Germany,federal states of Germany at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- ^ German federated states,German federal states at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- ^ federated states of Austria,federal states of Austria,federal provinces of Austria at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- ^ Austrian federated states,Austrian federal states, Austrian federal provinces at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
Further reading
[edit]- “federal state”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Federal states - ScienceDirect by Walter Rudolf
- German federal states, iamexpat.de
- Wikidata:federated state
- Wikidata:state of Austria
- Wikidata:federated state of Germany