constituent country

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any country that is a subdivision of a larger sovereign state.
  2. An administrative division of the United Kingdom: one of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
  3. A land of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, of which there are four: the Netherlands proper (comprising its twelve European provinces and the three BES Islands of the Caribbean Netherlands: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba) and the three Caribbean island countries of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten.
  4. A sovereign country as a member of a larger organization.

Pronunciation

/kɒnˈstɪtjuənt ˌkʌntɹi/

Word forms

constituent country constituent countries

Translations

Swedish: riksdel
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