federal state
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sovereign state that is a federation.
noun
A nonsovereign state that is part of a federation, especially part of Germany or Austria.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: federation (usually synonymous); see also Thesaurus:federal country"
- "The United States of America, Canada, Australia and Switzerland are all federal states. Federalism combines unity with diversity."
- "The Republic of Austria is a Federal State composed of nine autonomous federal provinces."
- "Ceará is one of the federal states of Brazil and is located in the semi-arid northeast."
- "New South Wales (NSW) is one of the six federal states of Australia."
- "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, ..."
Inflected Forms
federal states (plural)