nation-state
Meaning
- A political entity (a state) associated with a common national identity (historically, culturally, or ethnically; as with a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.
- (broadly, proscribed) Any independent political state; a country.
Translations
دولة قومية
Nationalstaat
État nation
Estado-nação
ulus devletEtymology
Compound of nation + state. Coined c. 1890s under the influence of European languages; compare German Nationalstaat (from 1840s), Italian Stato-nazione (from 1860s).
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