vassal state

English

Noun

vassal state (plural vassal states)

During Tang dynasty, Tibet was a vassal state of China. The image depicts how Emperor Taizong of Tang (man sitting at the right) greeted Tibetan ambassador Gar Tongtsen Yulsung (second man from the left) in 640 CE.

1. A state that is subordinate to another; government chiefly directed by the interests of an overlord or patron state.

   Coordinate term: satellite state

   • 2023 June 22, Valerie Hopkins, quoting Emmanuel Macron, “Belarus Is Fast Becoming a ‘Vassal State’ of Russia”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     At a recent conference in Slovakia, President Emmanuel Macron of France called Belarus a “vassal state,” but said Europe bore some of the blame.

Translations

state that is subordinate to another

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 附庸國 / 附庸国 (zh) (fùyōngguó), (under a feudal system) 諸侯國 / 诸侯国 (zh) (zhūhóuguó), 藩屬國 / 藩属国 (fānshǔguó), 屬國 / 属国 (zh) (shǔguó)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: vasallivaltio (fi)
• French: État vassal m
• Georgian: ვასალური სახელმწიფო (vasaluri saxelmc̣ipo)
• German: Vasallenstaat (de) m
• Hungarian: vazallus állam
• Indonesian: negara lindungan
• Irish: fostát m
• Japanese: 付庸国 (ふようこく, fuyōkoku)
• Malay: negeri lindungan
• Portuguese: estado vassalo
• Russian: васса́льное госуда́рство n (vassálʹnoje gosudárstvo)
• Spanish: estado vasallo m
• Swedish: vasallstat (sv) c