constituent country
/kɒnˈstɪtjuənt ˌkʌntɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any country that is a subdivision of a larger sovereign state.
noun
Any country that is a subdivision of a larger sovereign state.
noun
Any country that is a subdivision of a larger sovereign state.
noun
A sovereign country as a member of a larger organization.
Example Sentences
- "the constituent countries of the Kingdom of Denmark"
- "We were presented with the Soviet situation first — with the question of whether to go the clean slate route or to require that each constituent country coming out of the breakup of the Soviet Union continue with all treaty obligations."
- "Denmark is a constitutional monarchy. … The kingdom also comprises 2 autonomous constituent countries in the Atlantic, neither of which are EU members: the Faroe Islands and Greenland."
- "The United Kingdom is a unitary state composed of four constituent countries (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) and three devolved administrations (Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales), having their own elected assembly and government since the devolution process in 1998."
- "While England specifically has had and continues to have significant political influence, it alone doesn’t decide the political actions of the UK. For example, the UK Parliament includes representatives from all four of its constituent countries."
- "European Union An economic union with the principal objectives of free movement of goods, capital, and labor. The constituent countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, ..."
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /kɒnˈstɪtjuənt ˌkʌntɹi/