nation-state

na·tion-state

(nā′shən-stāt′)

A political unit consisting of an autonomous state inhabited predominantly by a people sharing a common culture, history, and language.

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nation-state

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an independent state inhabited by all the people of one nation and one nation only

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na′tion-state`

a sovereign state inhabited by a fairly homogeneous group of people who share a feeling of common nationality.

[1915–20]

Translations

nation-state

[ˈneɪʃənˈsteɪt] N → estado-nación m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

nation-state

[ˈneɪʃənsteɪt] n → stato-nazione m

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