sovereign state

English

Noun

sovereign state (plural sovereign states)

1. A state (country) which has sovereignty over a defined geographic area, is independent of any other country, and has its own government.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:country

   • 2022 July 1, The Japan Times Editorial Board, “Groundbreaking NATO summit means work for Japan”, in The Japan Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 01 July 2022, Editorials:

     Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has demonstrated that physical aggression against a sovereign state is a real danger.

   • 2022, “September 25, 2022”, in Mainland Affairs Council‎^[2], archived from the original on 04 March 2023, Chronology:

     Wang Yi blatantly intimidates the world at the UNGA. He is a cheat and bully on the global stage in fundamental violation of the facts. Democratic countries should clearly recognize and unify against the challenge of authoritarian intervention. The Republic of China is a sovereign state. Taiwan has never been part of the People's Republic of China in historical fact, international law, or reality.

Translations

completely independent state

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: estat sobirà m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 主權國／主权国 (zh) (zhǔquánguó), 主權國家／主权国家 (zh) (zhǔquán guójiā)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: itsenäinen valtio
• French: État souverain m
• Georgian: სუვერენული სახელმწიფო (suverenuli saxelmc̣ipo), დამოუკიდებელი სახელმწიფო (damouḳidebeli saxelmc̣ipo), სუვერენული ქვეყანა (suverenuli kveq̇ana), დამოუკიდებელი ქვეყანა (damouḳidebeli kveq̇ana)
• German: souveräner Staat m
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: stato sovrano m
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Northern Sami: iehčanas riika
• Polish: państwo suwerenne n
• Portuguese: estado soberano m
• Romanian: stat suveran n
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: estado soberano m
• Swedish: suverän stat c
• Tagalog: higpunong banwa
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: quốc gia có chủ quyền, quốc gia độc lập

Further reading

• “sovereign state”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “sovereign state”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• State/Nation-State, princeton.edu
• Sovereignty, plato.stanford.edu
• Nation-State, encyclopedia.com