Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ministate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: min-istate
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very small country or self-governing region, especially one that lacks international recognition

Example Sentences

"[…] the three judges called him “one of the most important and influential political figures” of the Serbian ministate of Krajina, which broke off from Croatia in the early 1990s as Yugoslavia fell apart."

Etymology

Etymology tree Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English ministate From mini- + state.

Inflected Forms

ministates (plural)

Questions

What does ministate mean?: A very small country or self-governing region, especially one that lacks international recognition
Where does ministate come from?: Etymology tree Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English ministate From mini- + state.

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