megastate

English

Etymology

From mega- +‎ state.

Noun

megastate (plural megastates)

1. A very large geopolitical state.
   • 2005, Paul Roberts, The end of oil: on the edge of a perilous new world:

     […] the idea that a megastate like China or India might pass through a full-blown industrial revolution simply boggles the mind.

   • 2008, Gary R. Mormino, Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida:

     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 […]

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